Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-07-25

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jul 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 507 vs last sale 712▼ 130 vs year ago 335 · −38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 76▼ 65 vs year ago 140 · −46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison to the last sale two weeks ago. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.61/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −132.52 against this barn's trailing median of $420.13.
Average price
$287.61
32 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs MO average
+22.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550294.671,61917thin
Medium and Large 1-2545279.601,52415thin
One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
287.61
—
MO average15 barns · 1,963 hd
283.83
+3.77
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
+22.98
This barn, trailing median13 sales
420.13
−132.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
465431398365median 420.1303/0504/0205/0706/1810/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.73, low $378.91, median $420.13 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,760187.433,29910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409149.402,10513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161133.541,55111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046125.621,3148thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,4083
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,4322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,7906
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,8275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed559338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8894
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560323.17/cwt319.00–331.001,81010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,7422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9654
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8832
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9484
Steers750–800Large 1-2784257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0157
Steers850–900Large 2894229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0474
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333280.00/cwt280.00–280.009323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,0833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1802
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513285.84/cwt276.00–299.001,4667
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534303.22/cwt299.00–315.001,61911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4963
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6136
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587275.43/cwt261.00–285.001,6175
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,67711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5243
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7516
Heifers850–900Large 1-2895225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0143
Heifers900–950Large 1-2920236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,1713
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,760187.43/cwt176.00–196.003,29910
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046125.62/cwt123.00–129.001,3148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117126.73/cwt122.00–129.001,4165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198139.22/cwt136.00–146.001,6686
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,2001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410149.90/cwt143.00–159.002,11410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445138.57/cwt138.00–139.002,0022

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.