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New Cambria Livestock Market

Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Aug 22

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248

← Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

303 head

▼ 202 vs last sale 505▼ 32 vs year ago 335 · −9.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

61 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 75▼ 79 vs year ago 140 · −56.4%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a market test. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. A wide variety of type, kind and quality this week made it difficult to fit very many consignments together. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.77/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −201.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.

Average price

$286.77

23 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$45.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs MO average

+16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	316.76	1,650	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	270.78	1,465	15thin

One grade step is worth $45.98/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale23 hd

286.77

—

MO average15 barns · 1,607 hd

286.04

+0.74

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+16.27

This barn, trailing median14 sales

488.53

−201.76

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,610	173.83	2,799	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,487	144.81	2,153	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	134.64	1,621	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	126.63	1,401	7thin

Every lot

26 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	354.18/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,459	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,595	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	316.76/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,650	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	271.46/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,523	8
Steers	600–650	Large 2	633	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,472	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,724	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	270.78/cwt	265.50–275.00	1,849	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	246.94/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,783	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,940	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	851	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,025	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	309.86/cwt	286.00–335.00	1,193	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	291.06/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,278	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,261	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,489	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,508	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1-2	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	3
Heifers	950–1000	Large 2	980	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,029	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	173.83/cwt	159.00–187.00	2,799	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	126.63/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,401	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,182	146.36/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,730	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	132.32/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,568	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,578	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	140.94/cwt	133.00–146.00	2,018	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,564	150.23/cwt	147.00–153.00	2,350	5

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO

Thu Aug 22, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 505Year ago 335

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 75Year ago 140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	286.00–335.00	309.86
13	400–450	439	270.00–300.00	291.06
6	450–500	484	260.50	260.50
4	550–600	566	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	775	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	663	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	980	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
7	500–550	518	270.00	270.00
8	550–600	561	269.00–279.00	271.46
5	600–650	641	269.00	269.00
12	700–750	722	235.00–259.00	246.94
4	850–900	851	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	633	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	412	350.00–357.50	354.18
4	450–500	476	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	521	310.00–324.00	316.76
16	650–700	683	265.50–275.00	270.78
43	700–750	749	259.00	259.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,610	159.00–187.00	173.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	126.00	126.00
4	—	1,185	128.00–139.00	132.32
3	—	1,182	145.00–148.00	146.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,564	147.00–153.00	150.23
7	—	1,432	133.00–146.00	140.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,106	119.00–128.00	126.63

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.