Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-05-01

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, May 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,479 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 1,354▼ 165 vs year ago 1,644 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 93▼ 74 vs year ago 240 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher to spots 25.00 higher. The offering today had 2 pot loads of steers weighing from 822-827 traded for $314.60-$315.10. Slaughter cows and bulls trading steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $395.70/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −92.83 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$395.70
218 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$343
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$63.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.62
vs MO average
+21.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545400.272,179194
Large 1557389.752,17110thin
Medium and Large 1-2545336.631,83614thin
One grade step is worth $63.64/cwt here — about $343 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 sale218 hd
395.70
—
MO average18 barns · 4,776 hd
384.08
+11.62
National average176 barns · 11,859 hd
374.43
+21.27
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−92.83
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—High1,852182.913,38821
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304152.941,99451
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,526152.842,33216
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,051136.171,43219

Every lot

59 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,0844
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297489.00/cwt489.00–489.001,4526
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322486.11/cwt475.00–490.001,56518
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,5485
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376484.75/cwt484.75–484.751,82322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381445.50/cwt445.50–445.501,69718
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385353.50/cwt353.50–353.501,3619
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427447.63/cwt440.00–450.251,91120
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462453.81/cwt445.50–460.002,09736
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469427.51/cwt424.00–429.502,00527
Steers450–500Large 1491405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521415.96/cwt408.00–427.502,167118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534350.87/cwt342.00–358.001,8749
Steers550–600Large 1557389.75/cwt389.75–389.752,17110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,7605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581375.91/cwt357.00–382.002,18476
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633314.76/cwt305.00–325.001,9926
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634362.75/cwt361.50–373.002,30046
Steers600–650Large 1645334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,15815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682325.28/cwt324.00–327.002,2187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692338.06/cwt325.50–340.752,33928
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0454
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724333.55/cwt327.00–335.002,41538
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,35123
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820313.37/cwt307.50–315.102,570171
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy853289.85/cwt289.85–289.852,47263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,1262
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1294434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,2769
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1346457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,5815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,5906
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366431.36/cwt425.50–451.001,57931
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389414.90/cwt404.00–417.001,61419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417403.68/cwt393.00–415.001,68337
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,6768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475382.15/cwt376.50–391.501,81551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487361.83/cwt355.00–365.501,76211
Heifers450–500Large 1488345.50/cwt345.50–345.501,68612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526349.50/cwt334.50–358.501,83868
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556334.45/cwt329.50–359.001,86012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564314.06/cwt313.00–315.001,77117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8233
Heifers550–600Large 1575316.95/cwt316.50–320.501,82217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624310.21/cwt308.00–314.501,9369
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8445
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661310.83/cwt299.50–315.252,05528
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709312.13/cwt308.00–313.002,21318
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement755326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,46120
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,557160.82/cwt149.00–175.002,5043
Bulls——1,847182.77/cwt171.00–191.003,37613
Bulls——2,043196.51/cwt193.00–202.004,0155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026133.83/cwt132.00–137.001,3739
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072140.20/cwt137.00–149.001,5039
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283144.51/cwt138.00–149.001,85411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289151.99/cwt147.00–157.001,95925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,344160.72/cwt156.00–166.002,16015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491158.47/cwt157.00–161.002,3634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,524146.89/cwt146.00–148.502,2394
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,544153.00/cwt145.00–156.002,3628

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.