Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-10-02

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 2
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▲ 314 vs last sale 251▲ 181 vs year ago 384 · +47.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 80▲ 1 vs year ago 80 · +1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the very light offering two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply higher undertones on the preconditioned and weaned cattle, those unweaned sold with steady undertones. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $431.58/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −56.94 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$431.58
74 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,417
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$425
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.50
vs MO average
+8.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569434.462,47336
Medium and Large 1556432.252,40234
Medium and Large 2512400.002,0484thin
One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $425 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 sale74 hd
431.58
—
MO average19 barns · 2,400 hd
411.09
+20.50
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+8.93
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−56.94
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—Average1,683188.473,17212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,518160.352,43411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273153.501,95523
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,099137.081,50615

Every lot

48 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned345458.00/cwt458.00–458.001,5802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned395470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8573
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed402423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,7004
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462475.02/cwt465.00–480.002,19513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484457.92/cwt455.50–468.002,21610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1786
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed512400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0484
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,2313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned551398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,1936
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560441.82/cwt435.00–445.002,47425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed569439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,49829
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570415.67/cwt415.00–416.502,3697
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed624434.63/cwt434.50–435.002,71243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638417.60/cwt414.50–419.002,66439
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,7535
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666371.65/cwt370.50–375.002,47512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717354.03/cwt345.00–361.502,53819
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,8846
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed758387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,93312
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,7546
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy946312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,95234
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned293474.00/cwt474.00–474.001,3893
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,6603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed387390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5093
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400468.00/cwt468.00–468.001,8722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,9094
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518377.53/cwt363.00–387.001,9568
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522404.92/cwt396.00–411.002,11426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,9823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy574351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0155
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589394.50/cwt394.50–394.502,32424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610368.72/cwt360.00–375.502,2497
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687353.21/cwt335.50–364.002,42718
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3874
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned322470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5134
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,8202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,488178.60/cwt177.00–180.002,6582
Bulls——1,722190.44/cwt181.00–201.003,27910
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040109.12/cwt105.00–113.001,1352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067143.41/cwt140.00–145.501,5307
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095151.75/cwt147.00–156.001,6622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185132.66/cwt127.00–137.001,5724
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203155.55/cwt151.00–163.001,8718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,306147.98/cwt140.00–165.001,93310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321161.27/cwt155.00–168.002,1305
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,492164.68/cwt162.00–167.002,4575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,539156.75/cwt154.00–160.502,4126

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.