Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 23
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
711 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 667▼ 112 vs year ago 823 · −13.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 178▼ 159 vs year ago 295 · −53.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 30▼ 60 vs year ago 75 · −80.0%
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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. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.95/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −174.96 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$291.95
94 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$58.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.94
vs MO average
−7.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544308.311,67960
Large 1544280.001,5234thin
Medium and Large 1-2552272.111,50314thin
Large 1-2548255.001,3973thin
Medium 1-2572250.001,43013thin
One grade step is worth $58.31/cwt here — about $249 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 sale94 hd
291.95
—
MO average18 barns · 2,679 hd
281.01
+10.94
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−7.09
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−174.96
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—High1,441155.382,2389thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,511122.171,84513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,225114.721,40534
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,081103.621,12018

Every lot

59 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium 1-2Unweaned372250.00/cwt250.00–250.009303
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,3444
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418340.62/cwt330.00–346.001,42412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437322.68/cwt319.00–325.001,4105
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned452305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,37915
Steers450–500Medium 1-2468255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1939
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,61431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned508283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4383
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509318.73/cwt310.00–323.001,62223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533274.93/cwt270.00–280.001,4656
Steers500–550Large 1Unweaned544280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5234
Steers500–550Large 1-2548255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571307.12/cwt288.00–314.001,75431
Steers550–600Medium 1-2572250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,43013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5373
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned584252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,7857
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631278.79/cwt274.00–286.001,7599
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673263.30/cwt258.00–266.001,7727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683269.45/cwt269.00–270.001,84013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715262.50/cwt258.00–266.001,8777
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned763240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8314
Steers800–850Large 1Unweaned812205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6653
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830246.80/cwt245.50–249.502,04818
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1952230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,1946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1363
Heifers400–450Large 1-2423267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437308.85/cwt290.00–315.001,35031
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466294.13/cwt285.00–300.001,37110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471270.32/cwt265.00–281.001,2736
Heifers450–500Large 1Unweaned493265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3067
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3464
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540279.56/cwt270.00–283.001,51019
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy557258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572249.02/cwt246.00–252.001,4244
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5935
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612264.54/cwt262.00–267.001,61915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624231.94/cwt230.00–235.001,4475
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6134
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1854215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8367
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8358
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2412320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3183
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2564259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,318152.37/cwt150.00–160.002,0087
Bulls——1,870165.91/cwt164.00–168.003,1032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00391.08/cwt90.00–92.009142
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073113.66/cwt113.00–114.001,2203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095103.23/cwt95.00–109.001,13013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,124106.94/cwt104.00–111.001,2027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235114.52/cwt109.00–122.001,41421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305124.47/cwt123.00–126.001,6246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482121.20/cwt116.00–125.001,79611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,668127.48/cwt127.00–128.002,1262
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015190.71/cwt180.00–201.001,9362
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,073143.02/cwt129.00–161.001,5354

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.