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New Cambria Livestock Market

Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 17

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248

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Feeder Cattle receipts

745 head

▲ 361 vs last sale 384▼ 45 vs year ago 790 · −5.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

160 head

▲ 80 vs last sale 80▼ 218 vs year ago 378 · −57.7%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

a nice offering of feeder cattle weaned and unweaned calves under 500 pounds selling with higher undertone compared to light test 2 weeks ago

a nice offering of yearlings over 600 pounds with no comparison 2 weeks ago trading with a firm to higher undertone

slaughter cows and bulls trading steady

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 $287.89/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −200.63 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.

Average price

$287.89

41 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$0.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.05

vs MO average

−11.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	287.99	1,598	33
Medium and Large 1-2	553	287.50	1,588	8thin

One grade step is worth $0.49/cwt here — about $9 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 sale41 hd

287.89

—

MO average16 barns · 2,035 hd

284.84

+3.05

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−11.44

This barn, trailing median14 sales

488.53

−200.63

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	1,870	160.86	3,008	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,960	138.00	2,705	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	131.89	2,012	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	118.44	1,515	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	989	105.22	1,040	4thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,280	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,488	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,534	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,511	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	294.39/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,519	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,515	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,664	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	283.83/cwt	280.00–289.50	1,646	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,668	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,645	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	271.14/cwt	257.50–281.00	1,714	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,766	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	254.63/cwt	245.00–261.50	1,691	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	285.20/cwt	265.00–289.25	1,934	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	259.34/cwt	254.50–260.00	1,906	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,802	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	253.86/cwt	249.00–257.75	1,965	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	253.21/cwt	252.00–255.25	2,109	112
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,063	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,969	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,043	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,257	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,187	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	295.85/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,302	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,371	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,435	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,436	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	254.87/cwt	251.50–260.00	1,440	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	261.35/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,492	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,504	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	253.25/cwt	249.50–259.50	1,583	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,647	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	252.84/cwt	251.75–256.00	1,694	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,557	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,732	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,887	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,172	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,397	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	466	299.91/cwt	272.00–320.00	1,398	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,539	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,609	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,480	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,545	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,790	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,578	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	162.43/cwt	156.00–169.00	3,021	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,425	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	775	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	581	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	111.43/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,176	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,316	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	112.55/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,393	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	121.77/cwt	114.00–128.00	1,571	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	130.75/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,821	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	136.51/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,979	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	130.74/cwt	124.00–136.00	2,019	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,960	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,705	1

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.

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