Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-05-29

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, May 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
504 head
▲ 504 vs last sale 0▲ 504 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 0▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to firm. The supply was light and and buyer demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.07/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −135.28 against this barn's trailing median of $413.34.
Average price
$278.07
88 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs MO average
+10.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523295.281,54428
Medium and Large 1-2556275.651,53351
Medium and Large 2576238.221,3729thin
One grade step is worth $57.06/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale88 hd
278.07
—
MO average8 barns · 802 hd
277.60
+0.47
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
+10.45
This barn, trailing median25 sales
413.34
−135.28
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—High1,787173.763,10513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,429146.882,09940
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,194131.861,57437
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,024115.781,18524

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,380$2,2001thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385388.85/cwt388.00–390.001,4977
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442335.54/cwt332.00–342.501,4834
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477325.13/cwt320.00–331.001,5518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524317.96/cwt310.00–320.001,66613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6802
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558320.64/cwt320.00–321.001,78911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574305.93/cwt301.00–309.001,7568
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628290.05/cwt288.00–302.001,82234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7924
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy662257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7574
Steers650–700Large 1-2680262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,78210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714275.90/cwt266.00–276.501,97039
Steers700–750Large 1-2748255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9075
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,0373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,3105
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3463
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473301.73/cwt296.00–325.001,42717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516296.81/cwt290.00–300.001,53225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy525264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559275.98/cwt275.00–279.001,54342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576238.22/cwt235.00–249.001,3729
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6393
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607268.55/cwt268.00–269.001,6309
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660254.57/cwt251.00–260.001,68010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy682239.67/cwt236.00–247.001,63517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716226.95/cwt225.00–230.001,6255
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy786220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,7336
Heifers950–1000Large 1955208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9864
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5384
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,766168.86/cwt161.00–174.002,9829
Bulls——1,834184.77/cwt181.00–191.003,3894
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008101.37/cwt98.00–105.001,0222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025117.09/cwt105.00–126.001,20022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176142.83/cwt138.00–149.001,68012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191129.38/cwt120.00–137.001,54121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264111.97/cwt105.00–119.001,4154
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,394140.11/cwt137.00–145.001,95310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441149.13/cwt144.00–160.002,14930
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,083154.75/cwt144.00–165.001,6768

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.