Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-01-15

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jan 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,267 head
▼ 875 vs last sale 2,142▼ 53 vs year ago 1,320 · −4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 120▼ 28 vs year ago 85 · −32.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering of 4 weight steer calves sold with a lower undertone on last week's very active market, 500-550 lb steers sold steady to firm, spots 10.00 higher with 550-650 lbs trading unevenly steady selling in small packages and groups, 650-750 lbs sold steady to firm, spots 8.00 higher on the 650-700 lb steers and 750-800 lbs on a light test sold with a lower undertone. Heifer calves with the most advance were the 4 weights selling mostly 10.00-20.00 higher with 500-650 lbs selling steady to firm with 550-600 lbs trading 5.00 higher and a larger offering of 650-700 lb heifers sold 5.00-12.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate offering with overall a good quality offering on 500-750 lb steers and 400-700 lb heifers all sold on and active market. Slaughter cows 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 $482.54/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −5.98 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$482.54
138 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$62.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.21
vs MO average
+10.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536501.592,68996
Medium and Large 1-2560439.022,46042
One grade step is worth $62.56/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale138 hd
482.54
—
MO average20 barns · 5,476 hd
459.33
+23.21
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
+10.56
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−5.98
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—Average1,744182.473,1826thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,250158.641,98211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,469155.842,28915
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,062128.541,36510

Every lot

53 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0284
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365606.00/cwt606.00–606.002,2126
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,0833
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414568.00/cwt568.00–568.002,35210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438538.78/cwt537.50–540.002,3606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450481.00/cwt476.00–486.002,1656
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0343
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489540.85/cwt538.00–547.502,64536
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519520.87/cwt482.00–548.002,70366
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541459.34/cwt430.00–469.002,48520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574459.16/cwt455.00–466.002,63630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578420.55/cwt400.00–437.502,43122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621437.24/cwt419.50–447.002,71553
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633405.11/cwt377.50–410.002,56422
Steers600–650Large 1-2648384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,4883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671418.90/cwt398.50–443.002,811141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721401.38/cwt394.00–410.002,89441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,8017
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy760359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,72813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770368.69/cwt366.50–373.502,83943
Steers750–800Large 1790345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,72615
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833338.17/cwt326.00–347.502,81718
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,5413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376504.00/cwt496.00–509.001,8958
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429465.60/cwt450.00–481.001,99714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468477.04/cwt450.00–488.002,23365
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486416.61/cwt400.00–430.002,02516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525398.16/cwt385.00–415.002,09013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527448.81/cwt440.00–459.002,36550
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5273
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561435.14/cwt404.00–456.002,44164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562400.60/cwt400.00–401.002,25115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2592332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9683
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625351.51/cwt350.00–354.002,1978
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630389.62/cwt375.00–411.002,45573
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685374.83/cwt365.00–381.002,568119
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721361.14/cwt351.00–365.002,60411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4184
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830313.15/cwt310.00–318.002,59910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516428.03/cwt424.00–432.002,2096
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2601378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,2724
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2659352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,3208
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650178.74/cwt177.00–180.002,9493
Bulls——1,838186.19/cwt185.00–187.003,4223
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,5761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030110.72/cwt109.00–112.501,1402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076130.14/cwt125.00–133.001,4007
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248166.99/cwt165.00–170.002,0844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254157.35/cwt152.00–164.001,9736
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445143.83/cwt141.00–149.002,0783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465157.30/cwt151.00–162.002,30410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525166.56/cwt166.00–167.002,5402

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.