Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-10-01

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 1
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 508▼ 240 vs year ago 565 · −42.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 61▲ 1 vs year ago 81 · +1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Pretty light run again this week, partly due to rain and muddy conditions, but several groups of weaned calves in the mix. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $349.12/cwt on 53 head, up $6.98 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −35.95 against this barn's trailing median of $385.07.
Average price
$349.12
▲ 6.98 vs prior sale
53 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs MO average
+17.01 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649352.402,28738
Medium and Large 1-2657340.802,23815thin
One grade step is worth $11.60/cwt here — about $49 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
349.12
—
MO average19 barns · 2,183 hd
346.23
+2.88
National average180 barns · 8,350 hd
332.11
+17.01
This barn, trailing median13 sales
385.07
−35.95
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 600–700 lb

13 sales
414385357328median 385.0703/0504/1605/2107/1610/29
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $400.01, low $342.14, median $385.07 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—Average1,713190.723,2676thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475135.251,99615
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,294134.621,74215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088120.051,3068thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1603
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,3377
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667368.40/cwt367.00–369.002,45717
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746361.50/cwt361.50–361.502,69712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,6028
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,81320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461420.88/cwt400.00–431.001,9409
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620361.06/cwt358.00–364.002,23922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2089
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,2816
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,34616
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,3483
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715367.80/cwt361.00–370.002,63030
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2366492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,713190.72/cwt183.00–198.003,2676
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%957102.13/cwt97.00–105.009773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,166130.81/cwt124.00–134.001,5255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290137.24/cwt132.00–141.001,77010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301129.38/cwt122.00–134.001,6835
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460138.63/cwt131.00–146.002,02411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518125.97/cwt117.50–132.001,9124

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.