Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-09-17

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Sep 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▲ 257 vs last sale 251▲ 257 vs year ago 251 · +102.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 95▼ 19 vs year ago 80 · −23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale several weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows 15.00 to 25.00 lower. 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 $447.23/cwt on 112 head, down $9.77 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −41.30 against this barn's trailing median of $488.53.
Average price
$447.23
▼ 9.77 vs prior sale
112 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,411
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+34.93
vs MO average
+43.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527460.832,42942
Medium and Large 1-2546439.072,39970
One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale112 hd
447.23
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MO average17 barns · 1,860 hd
412.30
+34.93
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
+43.87
This barn, trailing median14 sales
488.53
−41.30
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—Low2,070175.503,6332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304152.041,9839thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,473151.492,23116
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123137.841,5499thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477413.37/cwt405.00–420.501,97218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2193
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,41131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543442.55/cwt425.00–443.502,40362
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,46611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573412.10/cwt401.00–431.002,3618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624373.19/cwt316.00–393.002,32920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645386.25/cwt386.25–386.252,49119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666381.87/cwt379.00–383.252,54327
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720334.23/cwt330.00–337.502,4067
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,68319
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763337.63/cwt320.00–351.002,5767
Steers750–800Medium 2766298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2834
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed357474.00/cwt474.00–474.001,6923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408479.00/cwt479.00–479.001,9549
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,0526
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,9703
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,15211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577357.83/cwt355.00–363.002,06511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,2204
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721339.61/cwt339.00–340.002,4498
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793320.04/cwt315.00–329.002,53811
Heifers850–900Large 1-2868315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,73410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,9363
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,980168.00/cwt168.00–168.003,3261
Bulls——2,160183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,9531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115141.36/cwt138.00–148.001,5767
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153125.52/cwt124.00–127.001,4472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304152.04/cwt147.00–160.001,9839
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475151.99/cwt147.00–156.002,24215

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.