Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-04-30

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Apr 30
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,050 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 1,127▼ 429 vs year ago 1,479 · −29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 160▲ 10 vs year ago 166 · +6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold sharply higher with the feeder heifers trading mostly steady over all the quality of cattle was deep with lots of high quality calves Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.36/cwt on 160 head, up $13.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +11.83 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$500.36
▲ 13.06 vs prior sale
160 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.99
vs MO average
+19.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558500.362,791160
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale160 hd
500.36
—
MO average19 barns · 3,369 hd
487.37
+12.99
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
+19.34
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
+11.83
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—Average1,502217.403,2653thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,600183.972,9445thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,454181.372,63822
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,258178.012,24027
CowsLean 85-90%High1,116163.331,82231

Every lot

51 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1293689.00/cwt689.00–689.002,0196
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned345660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,2777
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,4068
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424590.42/cwt577.00–600.002,50335
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428536.00/cwt536.00–536.002,2943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471579.00/cwt579.00–579.002,72744
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned499540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,69525
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511534.32/cwt524.00–545.002,73036
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543510.47/cwt508.00–514.002,77217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575492.83/cwt480.00–515.002,83474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577478.55/cwt470.00–480.002,76128
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy584455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,6575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,78917
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625456.74/cwt447.50–465.502,85551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685422.40/cwt420.00–423.502,89322
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1797373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,9778
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839356.50/cwt356.50–356.502,9919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned345595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,0538
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,83613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424506.44/cwt494.50–530.002,14741
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,0625
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475486.76/cwt461.00–497.502,31236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475442.92/cwt440.00–444.002,10423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,1214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505460.99/cwt450.00–466.502,32847
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538412.57/cwt401.00–429.002,22054
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564427.99/cwt424.50–433.502,41443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611421.92/cwt419.00–422.502,57825
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615388.99/cwt372.50–395.002,39219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,2435
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,62817
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2997310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1359650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,3344
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,52811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,1443
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2656420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7555
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,502217.40/cwt200.00–225.003,2653
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092173.90/cwt165.00–185.001,89915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139161.79/cwt150.00–170.001,84310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,152142.37/cwt135.00–154.001,6405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236181.18/cwt175.00–189.002,23921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,324169.72/cwt164.00–175.002,2475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,1421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434187.33/cwt186.00–189.002,6869
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455162.62/cwt160.00–165.502,3662
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,471179.91/cwt176.00–185.002,64611
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,600183.97/cwt182.00–185.002,9445

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.