Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Jan 3
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,219 head
▲ 1,043 vs last sale 1,176▼ 1,325 vs year ago 3,544 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 185▲ 35 vs year ago 165 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, a moderate offering of quality feeders from local producers with several packages being weaned 60 plus days were in heavy demand. Feeders steers and heifers were trading 10.00 to 15.00 higher throughout the sale as buyers were attracted to the vaccinated and weaned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls showed strong demand and being traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $257.65/cwt on 768 head.
Average price
$257.65
768 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$631
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$89.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626266.501,669385
Medium and Large 1-2600257.851,548210
Medium and Large 2593246.551,46235
Large 1-2687240.601,652117
Medium 2553225.001,24313thin
Medium and Large 3585177.381,0388thin
One grade step is worth $89.12/cwt here — about $631 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale768 hd
257.65
—
MO average8 barns · 14,326 hd
243.21
+14.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,710113.521,94117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,474100.391,48035
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24194.381,17236
CowsLean 85-90%High99084.3983537

Every lot

83 lots · USDA AMS · Windsor Livestock Auction - Windsor, 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300297.00/cwt297.00–297.008915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319285.00/cwt285.00–285.009094
Steers—Medium and Large 1387304.63/cwt292.50–317.501,1796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1634
Steers—Medium and Large 1429292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2554
Steers—Medium and Large 1484322.18/cwt316.00–325.001,55912
Steers—Medium 2484246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486274.75/cwt270.00–279.001,33514
Steers—Medium 2503245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2323
Steers—Large 1-2513272.60/cwt252.50–276.001,39822
Steers—Medium and Large 1523307.09/cwt285.00–321.001,60681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545270.75/cwt265.00–278.001,47636
Steers—Medium and Large 2563249.35/cwt249.00–250.001,40423
Steers—Medium and Large 1564292.42/cwt285.00–301.001,64932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2653
Steers—Large 1-2577260.68/cwt238.00–265.001,50424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585273.37/cwt271.00–275.001,59915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585269.04/cwt258.00–281.001,57436
Steers—Medium and Large 3585177.38/cwt160.00–188.001,0388
Steers—Medium and Large 2609242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4745
Steers—Medium and Large 1617265.73/cwt259.00–270.001,64082
Steers—Medium 2Fleshy623201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626256.03/cwt249.00–259.001,60320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy633252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5953
Steers—Large 1-2638252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,60825
Steers—Large 1-2659241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned663216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,64911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665243.96/cwt230.00–250.001,62267
Steers—Medium and Large 1675246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,66112
Steers—Medium and Large 2680240.58/cwt240.00–241.001,6367
Steers—Medium and Large 1721234.63/cwt229.00–246.001,692101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy735236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7357
Steers—Large 1-2742226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6773
Steers—Large 1-2765227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,73712
Steers—Medium and Large 1766234.92/cwt226.00–238.001,79912
Steers—Medium and Large 1807219.24/cwt216.00–222.001,76920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy833200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6665
Steers—Large 1-2879195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,71413
Steers—Large 1-2925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0353
Steers—Large 1-21,078172.68/cwt169.00–180.001,8619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308278.32/cwt270.00–281.0085712
Heifers—Medium 1-2422189.00/cwt189.00–189.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424286.06/cwt276.00–293.001,21313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435255.17/cwt237.50–269.001,11024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned435235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0223
Heifers—Medium 1-2474190.44/cwt184.50–209.0090312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479243.07/cwt220.00–260.001,16431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485275.63/cwt274.00–280.001,33715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy487230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535242.37/cwt224.00–250.001,29743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537253.67/cwt250.00–262.501,36254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned557237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3205
Heifers—Medium 1-2574190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy576237.14/cwt220.00–248.001,36610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579230.47/cwt214.00–245.001,33457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580255.51/cwt245.50–275.001,48241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621239.10/cwt236.00–242.001,48526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625227.69/cwt220.00–240.001,42332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659226.41/cwt219.00–232.001,49215
Heifers—Large 1-2687210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4433
Heifers—Large 1-2723197.09/cwt181.00–207.001,4258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728222.98/cwt222.35–232.001,623166
Heifers—Large 1-2784190.53/cwt184.00–200.001,49415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1793218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6224
Heifers—Large 1-2985176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7344
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568200.58/cwt200.00–201.001,1397
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2776
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3784
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57087.98/cwt84.00–94.001,3812
Bulls——1,688114.75/cwt108.00–120.001,93712
Bulls——1,892125.61/cwt124.00–127.002,3773
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93967.07/cwt62.00–73.006304
Cows—Lean 85-90%98484.55/cwt77.00–92.0083227
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04895.22/cwt93.00–98.009986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22492.61/cwt86.00–98.001,13420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24079.48/cwt74.00–83.009864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271102.30/cwt98.00–106.001,30012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468105.99/cwt103.00–113.001,55619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47285.61/cwt84.00–87.001,2605
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48597.44/cwt87.00–102.001,44711

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.