Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-10-16

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
521 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 565▼ 224 vs year ago 745 · −30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 81▼ 95 vs year ago 160 · −59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago feeders traded with a higher undertone slaughter cows and bull trading steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $431.89/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −56.64 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$431.89
86 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,420
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.50
vs MO average
−37.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544445.042,42039
Medium and Large 1-2582426.262,48224
Large 1566415.462,35123
One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $69 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 sale86 hd
431.89
—
MO average18 barns · 1,958 hd
434.39
−2.50
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−37.15
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−56.64
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—Average1,786181.293,2378thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,555163.422,5415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,268160.122,03120
CowsLean 85-90%Average981128.661,26217

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned322518.00/cwt518.00–518.001,6683
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415465.64/cwt462.50–469.001,93214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471443.93/cwt430.00–462.002,09114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,35710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2973
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,38511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533470.79/cwt470.00–471.002,50919
Steers500–550Large 1544418.50/cwt418.50–418.502,2779
Steers550–600Large 1580413.50/cwt413.50–413.502,39814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583384.62/cwt370.00–403.002,2429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591424.30/cwt420.00–425.002,50821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned608377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,2959
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,6203
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,3896
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726374.14/cwt373.50–374.502,71614
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned736339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4957
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953341.25/cwt341.25–341.253,25258
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7754
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400453.00/cwt453.00–453.001,8125
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned444442.98/cwt438.00–445.001,9677
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470433.34/cwt419.50–449.002,03717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474374.18/cwt371.00–380.001,77413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524404.26/cwt390.00–409.502,11823
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535419.06/cwt410.00–425.502,24212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7396
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9074
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1974
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,3827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666379.56/cwt370.00–382.502,52841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3124
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned694335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3257
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,7396
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6634
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,9807
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,572162.05/cwt152.00–172.002,5473
Bulls——1,810190.05/cwt187.00–195.003,4403
Bulls——2,070197.00/cwt197.00–197.004,0782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91092.91/cwt68.00–115.008453
Cows—Lean 85-90%962127.20/cwt124.00–129.001,2243
Cows—Lean 85-90%981137.66/cwt132.50–144.001,3509
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113143.97/cwt143.00–145.001,6022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250144.24/cwt141.00–148.001,8033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264157.88/cwt152.00–163.001,9965
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268167.84/cwt165.00–169.502,12811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,8091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543157.00/cwt156.00–158.002,4232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,563167.70/cwt166.00–169.002,6213

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.