Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-10-02

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▼ 1,014 vs last sale 1,714▼ 1,287 vs year ago 1,987 · −64.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 132▲ 27 vs year ago 100 · +27.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 50▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate for a light supply. Cattle futures were sharply higher on Wednesday. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $282.97/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −183.93 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$282.97
47 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.53
vs MO average
−3.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1542289.001,56611thin
Medium and Large 1549282.451,55023
Medium and Large 1-2568278.801,58413thin
One grade step is worth $10.20/cwt here — about −$17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale47 hd
282.97
—
MO average14 barns · 1,458 hd
276.44
+6.53
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
−3.85
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−183.93
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—High1,661149.732,48711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,570123.501,93932
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,273113.281,44226
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,100108.151,19013

Every lot

62 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2545
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414325.55/cwt318.00–336.001,34816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479314.28/cwt311.00–316.001,50514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed490308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5094
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513302.42/cwt298.00–305.001,5518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3706
Steers500–550Large 1542289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,56611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568278.80/cwt271.00–282.001,58413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,7233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full598273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6336
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618277.10/cwt268.00–281.001,71212
Steers600–650Large 1634266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6864
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8397
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670264.05/cwt263.50–266.001,7699
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712264.59/cwt259.00–266.001,88431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned742233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7293
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8883
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned774231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7884
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779252.11/cwt246.50–256.501,9647
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,9797
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854244.76/cwt243.50–245.502,09019
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325290.00/cwt290.00–290.009434
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371288.56/cwt268.00–305.001,07113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed413280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1563
Heifers400–450Large 1419275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1688
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431279.81/cwt279.00–281.001,2065
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478284.51/cwt276.00–289.001,3606
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486267.85/cwt264.50–270.001,30213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528277.13/cwt272.00–280.501,46335
Heifers500–550Large 1546274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4968
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554269.33/cwt269.00–270.001,4926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570266.49/cwt266.00–267.001,51912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5935
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed651248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6144
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679240.48/cwt231.00–245.001,63314
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,7477
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,79714
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6243
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817227.34/cwt221.00–229.001,85720
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2300342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,0283
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,2085
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed468298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2497267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3273
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,41013
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2779190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4807
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2908178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,6169
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,498130.47/cwt124.00–137.001,9543
Bulls——1,719151.79/cwt149.00–158.002,6096
Bulls——1,733172.45/cwt170.00–175.002,9892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05094.00/cwt94.00–94.009871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099108.39/cwt103.00–111.001,19110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264117.68/cwt114.00–123.001,48714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274105.28/cwt99.00–110.001,34110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325122.51/cwt122.00–123.001,6232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553131.50/cwt130.00–133.002,0422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,571124.11/cwt119.00–130.001,95026
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,574115.55/cwt114.00–117.001,8194
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,238143.08/cwt140.00–146.001,7712

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.