Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-11-20

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Nov 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
▼ 730 vs last sale 1,015▲ 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 165▲ 165 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 true comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows steady. 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 $405.83/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −82.70 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$405.83
76 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.31
vs MO average
−4.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551409.672,25769
Medium and Large 1-2579368.002,1317thin
One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $127 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 sale76 hd
405.83
—
MO average17 barns · 2,701 hd
388.51
+17.31
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−4.25
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−82.70
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—Average1,862190.553,5489thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,439155.022,23129
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,252152.481,91035
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040140.711,46431

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,9035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9499
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,07813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518421.69/cwt407.00–431.502,18435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585397.29/cwt395.00–406.002,32434
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636368.79/cwt364.00–373.502,34626
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1788
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,5293
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5255
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427398.79/cwt397.00–400.001,70315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy448370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6584
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485400.50/cwt400.50–400.501,94213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,02011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,18613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1705
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,070249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,6645
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,9276
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,862190.55/cwt181.00–202.003,5489
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026132.99/cwt131.00–135.001,3645
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043142.20/cwt135.00–148.001,48326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239155.11/cwt149.00–164.001,92229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317139.78/cwt135.00–144.001,8416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,2492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,386143.98/cwt141.00–147.001,9966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462157.23/cwt153.00–164.002,29921

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.