Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-04-16

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Apr 16
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,127 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 954▼ 227 vs year ago 1,354 · −16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 93▲ 67 vs year ago 93 · +72.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, heavier weights steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $450.73/cwt on 215 head, up $26.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +30.60 against this barn's trailing median of $420.13.
Average price
$450.73
▲ 26.60 vs prior sale
215 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.43
vs MO average
+23.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563455.162,562175
Medium and Large 1-2552431.372,38340
One grade step is worth $23.78/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale215 hd
450.73
—
MO average19 barns · 2,717 hd
442.30
+8.43
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
+23.34
This barn, trailing median13 sales
420.13
+30.60
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

13 sales
465431398365median 420.1303/0504/0205/0706/1810/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.73, low $378.91, median $420.13 across 13 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—Average1,672228.853,8265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266178.872,26530
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,546177.502,74427
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038160.571,66721

Every lot

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,9093
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308607.00/cwt607.00–607.001,8703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378610.49/cwt597.00–658.002,30821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417574.78/cwt550.00–600.002,39741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421554.58/cwt537.50–570.502,33512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,4235
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479543.43/cwt529.00–577.502,60339
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517546.00/cwt546.00–546.002,8233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534510.30/cwt497.50–540.002,72565
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4706
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,8074
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587473.71/cwt450.00–495.002,781109
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612460.33/cwt455.00–464.502,81728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636422.66/cwt415.00–425.002,68817
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,8019
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8093
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,80414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,8114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770369.01/cwt363.50–376.002,84134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed238630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,4993
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328513.00/cwt513.00–513.001,6833
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370551.16/cwt540.00–559.002,03914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416501.90/cwt484.00–519.002,08823
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418523.59/cwt505.00–550.002,18938
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471482.04/cwt457.50–503.002,27026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482465.29/cwt429.00–474.002,24334
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,0683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518463.71/cwt440.00–488.502,40256
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533432.50/cwt400.00–440.002,30519
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570430.35/cwt420.00–449.002,45321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584451.13/cwt425.00–459.252,635119
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624408.31/cwt396.00–434.002,54847
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629380.99/cwt380.00–382.502,39610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3104
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,7075
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2631449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,8335
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505220.23/cwt215.00–225.003,3142
Bulls——1,783234.60/cwt234.00–235.004,1833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038160.57/cwt153.00–167.001,66721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244176.56/cwt164.00–180.002,19622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328185.21/cwt180.00–188.002,4608
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470184.36/cwt183.00–190.002,7108
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578174.61/cwt162.00–182.002,75519

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.