Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-02-05

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Feb 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 871 vs last sale 1,090▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 52▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a true price comparison but a higher undertone was evident. Supply light ahead of a larger, high quality run in two weeks. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $498.68/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +10.15 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$498.68
21 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.11
vs MO average
+15.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525516.942,71213thin
Medium and Large 1-2546469.002,5618thin
One grade step is worth $47.94/cwt here — about $151 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 sale21 hd
498.68
—
MO average18 barns · 2,359 hd
484.57
+14.11
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+15.65
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
+10.15
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—Average1,840195.873,6046thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488168.062,5015thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,149155.031,7814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,070132.501,4181thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459573.95/cwt539.00–600.002,6347
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508508.78/cwt502.50–512.502,5858
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546469.00/cwt469.00–469.002,5618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,9205
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623456.44/cwt441.00–468.002,84412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,7473
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,9415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717382.43/cwt381.50–383.502,74217
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy755360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7186
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767369.09/cwt367.00–370.502,83120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1848357.50/cwt357.50–357.503,0324
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,9906
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,9942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577399.66/cwt383.00–410.002,3065
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617418.10/cwt390.00–430.002,58037
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687395.75/cwt394.00–397.502,71910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5283
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,840195.87/cwt180.00–204.003,6046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,4181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110158.37/cwt153.00–166.001,7583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,5401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495166.58/cwt163.00–169.002,4904

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.