Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2021-12-16

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Dec 16
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,876 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 2,063▲ 443 vs year ago 1,433 · +30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 292▼ 56 vs year ago 211 · −26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, a light test of 4 weight steer calves sold mostly steady, 500-550 lbs and 600-650 lb steers sold firm to 3.00 higher, 550-600 lbs traded unevenly steady and yearling steers over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold fully steady to firm with instances 2.00-3.00 higher on the 450-500 lb heifers, 600-700 lb heifers traded steady. New Cambria Livestock closed the year with an impressive and active market on steer and heifer calves along with yearling steers all selling with good demand on a moderate offering with a very good offering of top quality steer and heifer calves in the offering, Slaughter cows sold steady to spots 2.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.63/cwt on 822 head.
Average price
$177.63
822 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.97
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628178.791,123633
Medium and Large 1-2526173.74913189
One grade step is worth $5.05/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale822 hd
177.63
—
MO average15 barns · 15,034 hd
168.66
+8.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,68481.451,37117
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,74573.951,2905thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51962.4894921
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24154.5367733
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04040.8842535

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387193.44/cwt190.00–200.0074917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420183.72/cwt177.50–189.0077230
Steers—Medium and Large 1423198.36/cwt193.00–203.5083930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462177.77/cwt173.00–181.0082131
Steers—Medium and Large 1491196.84/cwt192.50–201.5096622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516175.61/cwt170.50–181.0090632
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy521199.61/cwt197.50–202.501,04040
Steers—Medium and Large 1526189.57/cwt181.50–195.00997109
Steers—Medium and Large 1567177.49/cwt175.00–181.501,00678
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568170.50/cwt165.00–174.5096842
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy580187.75/cwt187.75–187.751,08925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612161.27/cwt155.00–164.5098717
Steers—Medium and Large 1627173.02/cwt168.00–178.001,08589
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,0106
Steers—Medium and Large 1677169.17/cwt164.75–173.751,14596
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0976
Steers—Medium and Large 1713170.83/cwt167.00–174.001,21846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy734145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0647
Steers—Medium and Large 1765163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2774
Steers—Medium and Large 1853164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,40123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed885166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,47463
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370167.00/cwt167.00–167.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387177.82/cwt174.50–182.0068853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408168.75/cwt168.50–169.006896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430183.81/cwt179.00–185.0079031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467162.17/cwt160.00–165.0075716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy468149.00/cwt149.00–149.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478173.40/cwt165.00–178.0082942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added483180.00/cwt180.00–180.0086943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added502180.00/cwt180.00–180.009049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520167.56/cwt164.00–175.5087161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524141.00/cwt141.00–141.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530156.50/cwt156.50–156.508295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy554140.00/cwt140.00–140.007768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy560179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,00215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563169.97/cwt163.50–172.5095794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566141.78/cwt140.00–144.008029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573157.44/cwt155.00–162.0090228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615152.22/cwt150.00–157.0093625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626160.11/cwt159.00–163.501,00278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665151.71/cwt150.00–153.001,0097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681158.72/cwt158.25–159.001,08166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement706164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,15810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy719135.50/cwt135.50–135.509744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,07714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584146.00/cwt146.00–146.008534
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64075.70/cwt73.50–77.001,2415
Bulls——1,70283.84/cwt78.50–84.501,42712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02034.53/cwt31.00–39.0035214
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02556.50/cwt56.50–56.505791
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03542.43/cwt40.00–46.0043915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11250.88/cwt48.00–54.005665
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21750.25/cwt47.00–53.0061216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24756.30/cwt54.50–59.5070213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31565.87/cwt64.00–66.508664
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46453.27/cwt51.50–55.507809
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52064.24/cwt64.00–64.509762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56870.41/cwt67.00–73.001,10410
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74573.95/cwt70.00–77.501,2905

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.