Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-02-19

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Feb 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,079 head
▲ 1,860 vs last sale 219▲ 2,079 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 27▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market three weeks ago, steers traded mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, with a few random softer spots where the highs from the last sale weren't reached. Heifers sold 20.00 to 30.00 higher, spots up to 40.00 higher on some light weight grazers. Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Really high quality offering this week with several large strings available that matched up well. Buyers were aggressive from the get go and with short numbers at the front of everyone's mind, the grazing cattle are getting snatched up while a few can still be found. Supply moderate to heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.29/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +11.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$500.29
171 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.69
vs MO average
+12.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550511.272,81097
Medium and Large 1-2552485.902,68274
One grade step is worth $25.37/cwt here — about $128 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 sale171 hd
500.29
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MO average20 barns · 3,668 hd
488.60
+11.69
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
+12.94
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
+11.76
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—Average1,963198.223,8912thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409172.852,43635
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,189166.871,98515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,151152.751,7584thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413599.45/cwt599.00–602.002,47613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470547.82/cwt545.50–551.002,57525
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475527.25/cwt521.00–535.002,50411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527494.64/cwt465.50–506.002,60732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530524.96/cwt508.50–541.002,78258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571479.24/cwt479.00–480.002,73642
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579490.91/cwt488.00–497.002,84239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635458.72/cwt435.00–469.002,913173
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,9018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686422.29/cwt422.00–423.002,89717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688421.47/cwt405.00–436.002,900176
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,7193
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731406.85/cwt394.75–429.002,974134
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769374.32/cwt362.50–385.002,87937
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790367.03/cwt365.00–368.502,90033
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,93613
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841365.11/cwt365.00–365.253,07190
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866360.50/cwt360.50–360.503,12226
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,9887
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2901330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,9737
Steers900–950Large 1-2926324.31/cwt321.00–325.503,00315
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1931350.68/cwt350.60–350.753,265124
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2957328.00/cwt328.00–328.003,13924
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398535.37/cwt522.50–545.002,1317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432518.07/cwt500.00–525.002,23818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,31811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520430.45/cwt421.00–438.002,23811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529501.83/cwt488.00–505.502,65566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564459.05/cwt455.00–465.002,58933
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575426.85/cwt408.00–453.002,45432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632424.83/cwt401.00–439.502,685149
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6045
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674403.79/cwt401.00–407.002,72229
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693384.23/cwt380.00–388.002,66315
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706376.93/cwt374.00–378.002,66182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715356.06/cwt353.00–359.002,5468
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,76726
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6734
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,62816
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,6574
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,963198.22/cwt196.00–200.003,8912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151152.75/cwt152.00–153.001,7584
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187178.03/cwt177.00–179.002,1133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190164.08/cwt156.00–174.001,95312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385176.48/cwt173.00–183.002,44412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422170.96/cwt158.00–175.002,43123

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.