Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-02-28

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Feb 28
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,715 head
▲ 536 vs last sale 1,179▼ 397 vs year ago 2,112 · −18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 121▲ 11 vs year ago 127 · +8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 25▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher except for some steer and heifers calves under 450 lbs selling 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply. Some new crop calves are starting to show up now with the impressive calf market. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $266.16/cwt on 634 head.
Average price
$266.16
634 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.36
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613268.951,648478
Medium and Large 1-2585257.881,509153
Large 1-2658245.001,6123thin
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $36 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 sale634 hd
266.16
—
MO average15 barns · 11,244 hd
258.80
+7.36
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—Average1,474131.251,93515
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521121.271,84422
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218115.491,40737
CowsLean 85-90%High1,024100.841,03311

Every lot

74 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2232315.00/cwt315.00–315.007313
Steers—Medium and Large 1286335.00/cwt335.00–335.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 1348369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,28412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2294
Steers—Medium and Large 1423359.01/cwt343.00–373.001,51942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,4107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2459317.89/cwt296.00–335.001,4597
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5087
Steers—Medium and Large 1479343.23/cwt332.00–349.001,64423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy500360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,80012
Steers—Medium and Large 1529341.86/cwt337.50–345.001,80811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532299.70/cwt295.00–304.001,5947
Steers—Medium 1-2544245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy555285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567306.33/cwt305.00–309.501,73710
Steers—Medium and Large 1571306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7478
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587280.97/cwt277.00–285.001,6498
Steers—Medium and Large 1614306.08/cwt289.00–311.001,87983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620270.48/cwt270.00–277.501,67731
Steers—Large 1644280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665246.38/cwt245.00–247.501,63820
Steers—Medium and Large 1690273.47/cwt261.00–277.001,88722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy699250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7484
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy717245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731257.47/cwt255.00–260.001,8828
Steers—Medium and Large 1737255.50/cwt252.00–262.501,88314
Steers—Medium and Large 1779256.45/cwt253.50–260.501,998115
Steers—Medium and Large 1809246.71/cwt239.00–254.251,99643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822238.14/cwt236.75–239.501,9588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869232.84/cwt219.00–237.502,02316
Steers—Medium and Large 1888235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0875
Steers—Medium and Large 1904229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,07040
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327323.07/cwt320.00–325.001,05610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed353312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,20312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373299.99/cwt290.00–306.001,1195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410316.31/cwt308.00–320.001,29743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432289.39/cwt282.50–300.001,25014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed461321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471312.79/cwt300.00–318.001,47335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471266.36/cwt260.00–275.001,25511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518296.67/cwt292.50–298.001,53712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy526250.49/cwt245.00–255.001,3189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540265.52/cwt255.00–275.001,43418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584274.92/cwt260.00–284.501,606108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596255.91/cwt250.00–264.001,52528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612266.25/cwt262.00–268.001,62925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612250.20/cwt244.00–260.001,53112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623236.77/cwt236.00–237.501,4758
Heifers—Large 1-2658245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674236.40/cwt231.00–241.001,59322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682252.86/cwt240.00–259.001,72522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707247.70/cwt241.00–248.501,751160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720232.96/cwt230.00–235.001,6775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy781205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy789220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811223.64/cwt220.00–224.501,81422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,82912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,9078
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,3323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465304.29/cwt295.00–318.001,4155
Bulls—Medium 1-2536225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2064
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,438128.33/cwt119.00–136.001,8459
Bulls——1,529135.64/cwt135.00–138.002,0746
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017100.22/cwt94.00–105.501,01910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163103.48/cwt103.00–104.001,2032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183113.24/cwt106.00–121.001,34025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317123.50/cwt121.00–126.001,62610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480115.84/cwt109.00–125.001,71411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,562126.69/cwt125.00–129.001,97911
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990134.02/cwt122.00–150.001,3272
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,103185.92/cwt176.00–189.002,0516

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.