Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-05-15

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, May 15
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,091 head
▲ 426 vs last sale 1,665▼ 291 vs year ago 2,382 · −12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 187▼ 168 vs year ago 388 · −43.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 25▼ 27 vs year ago 50 · −54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with a few spots up to 10.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. The quality was attractive throughout the day and buyers were aggressive. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.83/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −122.52 against this barn's trailing median of $413.34.
Average price
$290.83
248 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.22
vs MO average
+20.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532293.631,563227
Medium and Large 1-2538260.571,40121
One grade step is worth $33.06/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale248 hd
290.83
—
MO average18 barns · 3,805 hd
279.61
+11.22
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
+20.83
This barn, trailing median25 sales
413.34
−122.52
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

25 sales
462422383343median 413.3403/1104/2906/1009/1610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.60, low $357.18, median $413.34 across 25 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—Average1,408145.802,0532thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,459138.202,01722
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,190130.611,55442
CowsLean 85-90%High998113.201,1307thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2303347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,0532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317388.46/cwt377.50–397.501,2319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384407.73/cwt400.00–411.001,56619
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386353.55/cwt322.50–385.001,3656
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413393.50/cwt365.00–415.001,62545
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423345.35/cwt342.00–355.001,46115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,5664
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476369.69/cwt345.00–384.001,760122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477336.81/cwt332.50–347.001,60721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529343.16/cwt331.00–357.501,815101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529323.51/cwt310.00–341.001,71113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540308.09/cwt275.00–318.001,66422
Steers550–600Medium 1-2550269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4804
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581314.12/cwt295.00–327.501,82581
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623282.83/cwt272.50–303.001,76215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624295.61/cwt285.00–315.001,84580
Steers600–650Large 1628285.76/cwt285.00–286.001,79512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630268.54/cwt260.00–282.001,69215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660283.21/cwt278.00–287.501,8699
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675269.47/cwt266.00–275.001,81920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6885
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720254.61/cwt249.00–260.001,8338
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy723250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8089
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735264.75/cwt264.00–265.001,9468
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned743249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8506
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8575
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766257.01/cwt255.00–262.001,96912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325300.72/cwt290.00–320.009776
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1344385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,32415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1698
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379359.28/cwt351.00–375.001,36229
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy402347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3973
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424333.62/cwt314.00–340.001,41572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434309.34/cwt307.50–310.001,34311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy453333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,5089
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470292.48/cwt282.50–305.001,37531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473312.87/cwt292.00–322.501,48075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3177
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515300.14/cwt280.00–307.001,546153
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,41810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534260.52/cwt255.00–280.001,39119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy564292.73/cwt292.50–293.001,65119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577282.05/cwt265.00–290.001,62738
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595250.29/cwt249.00–252.001,4897
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616259.44/cwt257.50–264.001,59816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626276.56/cwt274.00–279.001,73152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy640290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8568
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy662224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4839
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675261.28/cwt249.00–268.501,76433
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677244.07/cwt242.00–248.001,65217
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722255.64/cwt254.00–257.001,84611
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,68114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7957
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7753
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809232.45/cwt220.00–236.001,8819
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9143
Heifers900–950Large 1932170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5843
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2655
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5234
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2687241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6568
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,408145.80/cwt145.00–147.002,0532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84077.00/cwt77.00–77.006471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019117.28/cwt112.00–121.001,1955
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180129.26/cwt120.00–135.001,52532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214140.26/cwt138.00–144.001,7038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250113.52/cwt113.00–114.001,4192
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,6741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459141.56/cwt139.00–145.002,06512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472135.29/cwt133.00–139.001,9919
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040148.06/cwt145.00–154.001,5403

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.