Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-03-26

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 668▲ 76 vs year ago 329 · +23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 93▼ 22 vs year ago 79 · −27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true price comparison, undertone on steers lower and heifers higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Pretty light run with some clean up type trade this week ahead of a much larger high quality run next week. 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 $491.02/cwt on 63 head, up $9.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +2.49 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$491.02
▲ 9.62 vs prior sale
63 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$58.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.56
vs MO average
+12.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512528.012,70311thin
Medium and Large 1-2548485.592,66244
Large 1-2594470.002,7928thin
One grade step is worth $58.01/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale63 hd
491.02
—
MO average19 barns · 2,547 hd
480.45
+10.56
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+12.93
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
+2.49
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—Average1,895213.114,0396thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,499168.722,52913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273161.352,05315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,171145.221,7014thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed468535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,5043
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,4644
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4955
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512528.01/cwt516.00–535.002,70311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538484.12/cwt448.00–489.502,60533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,83711
Steers550–600Large 1-2594470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,7928
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,4954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed620452.35/cwt451.00–453.002,80512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,7874
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667410.62/cwt406.00–413.502,73916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668431.27/cwt422.00–447.002,88121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,77632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed709395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,8014
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8048
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811361.83/cwt357.00–366.502,93435
Steers800–850Large 1-2811356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,8874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed308590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed371491.00/cwt491.00–491.001,8227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,49615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557417.62/cwt403.00–425.002,32615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575449.56/cwt442.50–454.002,58513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2904
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470526.00/cwt526.00–526.002,4728
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,830195.32/cwt187.50–205.003,5742
Bulls——1,928222.00/cwt215.00–225.004,2804
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,171145.22/cwt140.00–147.001,7014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262156.26/cwt149.00–158.001,9727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282165.80/cwt160.00–174.002,1268
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,522168.40/cwt164.00–175.002,56311

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.