Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-03-19

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
668 head
▲ 365 vs last sale 303▼ 1,179 vs year ago 1,847 · −63.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 58▲ 15 vs year ago 78 · +19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower, heavier weights steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Lots of negative factors and uncertainty affecting the cattle sector the past couple weeks including lots of volatility in the futures markets and lower fat trade. The local market traded a little inverse of what one might expect with the lighter cattle taking a little off the top end prices and heavier weights finding a few more outlets. Quality and condition ran up and down throughout the day. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $481.39/cwt on 74 head, down $38.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −7.14 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$481.39
▼ 38.93 vs prior sale
74 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$58.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.74
vs MO average
+9.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553498.822,75652
Medium and Large 1-2566440.202,49222
One grade step is worth $58.62/cwt here — about $264 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 sale74 hd
481.39
—
MO average15 barns · 1,701 hd
477.65
+3.74
National average160 barns · 7,757 hd
472.12
+9.27
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−7.14
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—Average2,003195.893,9245thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,409172.182,42518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196169.542,02820
CowsLean 85-90%Average993155.851,54811

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390617.00/cwt617.00–617.002,4063
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423589.74/cwt575.00–610.002,49512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy476492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,3425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487531.00/cwt531.00–531.002,5863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490544.04/cwt514.00–560.002,66617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527523.57/cwt510.00–530.002,75926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566440.20/cwt427.50–454.002,49222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578474.07/cwt466.50–507.502,74026
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed603443.50/cwt443.50–443.502,67411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612399.11/cwt394.00–407.502,4438
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,7727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663442.07/cwt428.00–445.002,93133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703416.62/cwt415.00–420.002,92923
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,7837
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,8125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827363.25/cwt363.25–363.253,00463
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,9528
Steers900–950Large 2945300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424424.08/cwt421.00–435.001,79818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436476.20/cwt455.00–490.002,07613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463452.29/cwt435.00–459.002,09423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516440.38/cwt426.00–446.002,27233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557392.12/cwt385.00–416.002,18413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582386.13/cwt359.50–397.002,24742
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4329
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621378.63/cwt362.50–407.002,3518
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668384.26/cwt359.00–420.002,56720
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement777374.49/cwt364.00–391.002,91013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,003195.89/cwt188.00–200.003,9245
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993155.85/cwt154.00–159.001,54811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166179.34/cwt177.00–181.002,0915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202168.09/cwt162.00–173.002,02013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233154.44/cwt150.00–159.001,9042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,394170.62/cwt167.00–173.002,37815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482179.98/cwt177.00–185.002,6673

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.