Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-08-08

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Aug 8
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
505 head
▲ 300 vs last sale 205▲ 170 vs year ago 335 · +50.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 75▼ 65 vs year ago 140 · −46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

another light offering on feeder cattle compared to two weeks ago trading with a softer undertone. slaughter cows and bulls traded steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.62/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −196.91 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$291.62
67 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.76
vs MO average
+16.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547310.721,69813thin
Medium and Large 1-2573287.081,64451
Medium and Large 2507286.001,4503thin
One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale67 hd
291.62
—
MO average14 barns · 1,006 hd
289.86
+1.76
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+16.54
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−196.91
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

14 sales
534497460423median 488.5303/0504/0205/2107/1610/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $520.32, low $437.00, median $488.53 across 14 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—Average1,862180.403,3589thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,386148.672,06014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174135.101,58721
CowsLean 85-90%Average977124.121,2124thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4597
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2507286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4503
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524308.06/cwt301.50–315.001,6146
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530292.24/cwt286.50–297.001,5499
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7727
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582285.98/cwt265.00–288.501,66442
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620270.04/cwt262.00–276.001,6747
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,85712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665262.10/cwt251.00–273.251,74329
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8027
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775254.05/cwt253.25–255.751,96978
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778241.75/cwt241.75–241.751,8816
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1301335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0087
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518294.50/cwt294.50–294.501,52612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,52011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,5013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614261.45/cwt255.25–263.501,60540
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627257.98/cwt244.00–267.001,61817
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674252.79/cwt252.50–253.001,7047
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7106
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7177
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718248.41/cwt248.00–249.001,78429
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,9096
Heifers850–900Large 1-2890234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2292352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,0294
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2308345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0632
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2354339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,2006
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4386
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,832178.14/cwt176.00–184.003,2647
Bulls——1,965188.31/cwt185.00–192.003,7002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960116.39/cwt115.00–118.001,1172
Cows—Lean 85-90%993131.84/cwt129.00–135.001,3092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152124.08/cwt120.00–126.001,4296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170145.29/cwt140.00–149.001,7005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190136.61/cwt123.00–144.001,62610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,8801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376147.39/cwt145.00–154.002,0289
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425152.96/cwt150.50–158.002,1804

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.