Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,412 head
▲ 712 vs last sale 700▲ 217 vs year ago 1,195 · +18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 127▼ 64 vs year ago 236 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 20▲ 4 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 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.53/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −134.82 against this barn's trailing median of $413.34.
Average price
$278.53
104 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.32
vs MO average
+25.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534287.491,53467
Medium and Large 1-2546266.731,45731
Medium and Large 2563239.421,3486thin
One grade step is worth $48.07/cwt here — about $186 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 sale104 hd
278.53
—
MO average18 barns · 1,456 hd
256.21
+22.32
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
+25.85
This barn, trailing median25 sales
413.34
−134.82
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—High1,763154.532,72412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,456123.721,80225
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,271118.501,50640
CowsLean 85-90%High1,079111.581,20425

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)961$1,5504thin

Every lot

60 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,0179
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389348.94/cwt330.00–358.001,3579
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed440328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,4436
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512328.51/cwt304.00–336.501,68282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed526290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5258
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4208
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536288.31/cwt285.00–290.001,5459
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned551293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6147
Steers550–600Large 1-2570275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5683
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581285.32/cwt275.00–290.001,65818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585299.74/cwt298.00–300.001,75339
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610292.99/cwt286.00–297.001,78721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625268.09/cwt261.00–280.001,67615
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671263.01/cwt258.00–266.501,76517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675277.67/cwt274.50–279.001,87430
Steers650–700Large 1680263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7884
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706263.10/cwt262.50–263.501,85719
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718255.44/cwt255.00–256.001,8347
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783253.31/cwt252.00–256.001,9839
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361312.78/cwt310.00–317.501,1298
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1093
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436284.53/cwt283.00–286.001,2416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441312.46/cwt286.00–315.001,37822
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476286.55/cwt280.00–308.001,36425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,26414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3685
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521274.06/cwt264.00–282.001,42815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,52560
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563239.42/cwt235.00–244.001,3486
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570259.85/cwt251.00–269.001,48116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1598266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned605252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620268.88/cwt255.00–273.001,667213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6174
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665254.99/cwt247.00–256.251,69646
Heifers650–700Large 1-2674243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,6415
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6853
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724254.25/cwt254.25–254.251,84179
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,018214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,1793
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,070211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,2583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0726
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1603
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521269.28/cwt265.00–273.001,4039
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,408129.29/cwt129.00–130.001,8203
Bulls——1,880160.50/cwt151.00–168.003,0177
Bulls——1,885171.50/cwt170.00–173.003,2332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002119.54/cwt118.00–122.001,1985
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080101.04/cwt99.00–104.001,0913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101111.10/cwt105.00–117.001,22317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261119.76/cwt114.00–127.001,51029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276126.48/cwt125.00–128.001,6144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307108.71/cwt106.00–111.001,4217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,442125.07/cwt119.00–131.001,80419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446110.37/cwt105.00–116.001,5964
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610137.65/cwt135.00–140.002,2162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29611,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5504

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.