Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-03-27

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▼ 1,518 vs last sale 1,847▲ 329 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 78▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $353.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −135.13 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$353.40
45 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.63
vs MO average
−10.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521362.501,8898thin
Medium and Large 1-2561351.431,97037
One grade step is worth $11.07/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale45 hd
353.40
—
MO average17 barns · 2,419 hd
366.03
−12.63
National average170 barns · 13,177 hd
363.98
−10.58
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−135.13
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—Average1,746175.733,0688thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498142.882,14118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,179137.421,62019
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,017123.971,26112

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,5778
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368471.00/cwt471.00–471.001,7332
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy383430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6474
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430416.58/cwt415.00–418.001,79113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed485401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,94515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529345.06/cwt340.00–349.001,8257
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568352.92/cwt341.00–361.002,00530
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629302.87/cwt299.00–311.001,9056
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672315.47/cwt311.00–319.502,12025
Steers650–700Large 1-2686300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0586
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757304.75/cwt304.75–304.752,30719
Steers850–900Large 1-2851265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,2594
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,2774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,73912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7973
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619290.26/cwt290.00–291.001,79711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679288.65/cwt288.00–290.001,9609
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0534
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9203
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1794258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0496
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2411424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,7435
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2503362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8216
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7267
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,746175.73/cwt167.00–181.503,0688
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017123.97/cwt119.00–129.001,26112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158143.83/cwt141.00–148.001,6667
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191133.68/cwt128.00–140.001,59212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450140.03/cwt130.00–144.002,03011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,574147.36/cwt144.00–150.002,3197

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.