Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-08-07

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Aug 7
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 904▼ 373 vs year ago 1,155 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 92▼ 65 vs year ago 140 · −46.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 25▼ 30 vs year ago 40 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone. Similar comparison's were limited with a light supply offered but a couple loads of yearlings steers and a load of heifers highlighted the sale and found moderate to good demand. The calves saw moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.44/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −182.46 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$284.44
38 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.76
vs MO average
+9.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564292.761,65213thin
Large 1-2565282.001,59212thin
Medium and Large 1-2568278.381,58213thin
One grade step is worth $14.38/cwt here — about $70 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 sale38 hd
284.44
—
MO average12 barns · 860 hd
288.20
−3.76
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+9.36
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−182.46
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
538484429374median 466.9003/1104/2906/1009/1610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.49, low $388.35, median $466.90 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—Average1,769169.763,00411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,494141.172,10914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,335140.101,87110
CowsLean 85-90%High1,063126.821,3493thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426314.08/cwt311.00–317.001,3386
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481305.93/cwt302.00–308.001,4726
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5863
Steers500–550Large 1-2539289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5585
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576289.99/cwt289.00–294.001,67010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579275.00/cwt265.00–284.001,59211
Steers550–600Large 1-2583277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6157
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7163
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619272.11/cwt260.00–279.501,68419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed627293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8376
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666264.63/cwt263.00–269.001,76211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684262.03/cwt256.00–265.001,79231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy690243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6773
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8742
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,90270
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,17459
Steers950–1000Large 1990191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,89111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1562
Heifers400–450Large 1405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1545
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1498289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526274.70/cwt271.00–279.001,44512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530269.62/cwt263.00–276.001,42913
Heifers500–550Large 1532269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3954
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583265.07/cwt261.00–268.001,54510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5572
Heifers600–650Large 1645246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5874
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,68620
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2705216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,88373
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,80813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426286.21/cwt282.50–288.001,2196
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1973
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,638137.16/cwt130.00–140.002,2473
Bulls——1,770175.80/cwt170.00–182.003,1125
Bulls——1,900192.28/cwt190.00–195.003,6533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3291
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110121.73/cwt119.00–124.001,3512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305145.53/cwt145.00–146.001,8992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343138.74/cwt134.00–145.001,8638
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424138.96/cwt134.00–144.001,9797
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,593145.60/cwt144.00–148.002,3196
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,274145.09/cwt141.00–153.001,8486

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.