Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-12-18

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Dec 18
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Receipts
3,215 head
▲ 893 vs last sale 2,322▲ 2,039 vs year ago 1,176 · +173.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except a larger offering of the 650-750 lb steers that sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was good for a heavy supply and the quality was attractive with several reputation consignments. This was the last sale of the year for WLA, an impressive year for the cattle market as a whole.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $330.18/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −136.72 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$330.18
329 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$49.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.48
vs MO average
+3.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558334.631,866270
Medium and Large 1-2565312.561,76553
Large 1-2570285.501,6276thin
One grade step is worth $49.13/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale329 hd
330.18
—
MO average16 barns · 2,858 hd
314.70
+15.48
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
+3.55
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−136.72
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.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,0503
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed303412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,2503
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1337405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3653
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4735
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4633
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428398.65/cwt367.50–403.001,70640
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433354.10/cwt337.00–372.501,5339
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465356.43/cwt345.00–362.501,65713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472377.15/cwt361.00–390.001,78078
Steers450–500Large 1-2485317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5374
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527347.73/cwt336.00–362.001,83398
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535324.60/cwt297.50–332.501,73718
Steers500–550Large 1-2542305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574297.28/cwt290.00–307.001,70621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575327.17/cwt312.00–342.501,881172
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed589320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,88514
Steers550–600Large 1-2598266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622304.81/cwt288.00–318.001,896149
Steers600–650Large 1627291.92/cwt285.00–298.001,83013
Steers600–650Large 1-2635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635284.22/cwt275.00–291.001,80523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668284.36/cwt268.00–298.001,900122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686265.73/cwt265.00–269.001,823100
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7635
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730275.99/cwt266.00–279.502,01547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743270.50/cwt270.50–270.502,01031
Steers750–800Medium 1-2758220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6684
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9303
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9943
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy791253.59/cwt252.00–253.752,00674
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2851240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,04212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1891246.11/cwt246.00–247.502,19369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315358.44/cwt347.50–372.501,1299
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380341.08/cwt337.00–342.501,2968
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413301.29/cwt297.00–317.001,24410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435325.26/cwt312.50–336.001,41520
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474298.50/cwt297.50–300.001,41510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483301.03/cwt293.00–311.001,45428
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed486307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4947
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,48613
Heifers500–550Large 1527275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4496
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528294.99/cwt280.00–304.001,55888
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2541230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572285.09/cwt266.00–293.001,631106
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575267.30/cwt264.00–270.001,53725
Heifers550–600Medium 1576258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,48611
Heifers550–600Large 1577283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6339
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy594263.50/cwt263.00–264.001,56512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy612255.21/cwt250.00–259.001,56212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy614250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5354
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620263.40/cwt252.00–272.501,63319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622279.28/cwt273.00–285.001,73724
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned657241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5833
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658275.15/cwt260.00–277.751,810108
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy663250.06/cwt245.00–255.001,65815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681251.42/cwt245.00–257.501,71221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710260.28/cwt256.50–264.751,848129
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724245.61/cwt245.00–246.001,77813
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy733232.90/cwt232.00–235.001,70710
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2Fleshy744175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3029
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,88312
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8278
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2586250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4654
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5676

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.