Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-10-30

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,411 head
▲ 700 vs last sale 711▼ 33 vs year ago 1,444 · −2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 136▼ 35 vs year ago 207 · −16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 25 vs year ago 50 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. The calf run is starting to pick up and there were noticeably more calves in the offering this week. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.35/cwt on 212 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −142.00 against this barn's trailing median of $413.34.
Average price
$271.35
212 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$37.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.73
vs MO average
+10.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571275.301,571171
Medium and Large 1-2542258.341,40034
Large 1-2559238.001,3307thin
One grade step is worth $37.30/cwt here — about $241 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 sale212 hd
271.35
—
MO average16 barns · 2,161 hd
251.62
+19.73
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
+10.89
This barn, trailing median25 sales
413.34
−142.00
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—Average1,758151.812,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,506116.771,75920
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,241112.471,39625
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055100.331,05820

Every lot

58 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 1-2353310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0946
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382343.94/cwt337.50–350.001,3144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428318.36/cwt315.00–320.001,36318
Steers450–500Large 1-2459273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2535
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477335.20/cwt321.00–344.001,59929
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497296.08/cwt289.00–309.001,47214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512316.49/cwt295.00–331.001,62064
Steers500–550Medium 1-2524253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528283.63/cwt277.00–294.001,4989
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568268.50/cwt264.00–273.001,5256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574290.19/cwt282.00–306.001,66653
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586267.74/cwt261.00–274.001,56922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617281.06/cwt271.00–284.001,73445
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622273.93/cwt268.00–278.001,70426
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655272.24/cwt269.00–275.001,78313
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667264.69/cwt260.00–269.001,76511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729250.56/cwt247.00–258.001,82712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740272.46/cwt258.50–275.752,01671
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765250.72/cwt250.50–251.001,91811
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy767245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8797
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,87313
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1851260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,21312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1349335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1694
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386296.50/cwt292.00–311.001,14414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419311.89/cwt300.00–319.001,30730
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420276.66/cwt271.00–286.001,1628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483279.84/cwt276.00–281.001,35219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned495246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508279.63/cwt272.50–285.001,42133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523259.82/cwt253.00–261.001,35921
Heifers550–600Large 1-2559238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3307
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572255.96/cwt248.00–260.001,46413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574261.02/cwt256.00–269.001,49861
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed595284.75/cwt284.75–284.751,69477
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621269.31/cwt255.00–273.001,67247
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629254.26/cwt251.50–256.001,5998
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658255.74/cwt250.00–259.001,68314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677242.48/cwt236.00–247.001,6428
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6445
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy711235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741253.45/cwt242.00–254.751,87884
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773245.86/cwt244.50–250.001,90012
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875209.18/cwt207.00–210.501,8308
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3433
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,758151.81/cwt148.00–155.002,6692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03887.70/cwt80.00–95.009106
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062105.74/cwt97.50–111.501,12314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193103.64/cwt94.00–110.001,2368
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264116.63/cwt111.00–122.001,47417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499119.19/cwt115.00–123.001,78716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534107.10/cwt105.00–110.001,6434
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053138.97/cwt130.00–146.001,4633
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,2001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175123.31/cwt119.00–126.001,4494

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.