Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Feb 5
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,857 head
▼ 939 vs last sale 2,796▼ 1,523 vs year ago 3,380 · −45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 141▼ 69 vs year ago 160 · −43.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 25▼ 30 vs year ago 40 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to spots 5.00 higher with the exception being heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs selling 10.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.54/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −124.37 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$342.54
220 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$401
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$69.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs MO average
+0.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558350.101,955174
Medium and Large 1-2565317.071,79242
Medium and Large 2553281.001,5544thin
One grade step is worth $69.10/cwt here — about $401 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 sale220 hd
342.54
—
MO average18 barns · 3,944 hd
341.06
+1.48
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+0.16
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−124.37
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—High1,717166.802,8637thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,477139.952,06718
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204123.381,48634
CowsLean 85-90%High1,012105.571,06815

Every lot

67 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 and Large 1393377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,4846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414397.86/cwt375.00–415.001,64713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4943
Steers400–450Medium 1-2428225.00/cwt225.00–225.009636
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430351.95/cwt348.00–360.001,5139
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477388.74/cwt362.50–412.501,85458
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7364
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490342.12/cwt320.00–367.501,67615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,4914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521348.31/cwt330.00–362.001,81512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523369.38/cwt355.00–377.501,93260
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned548335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5544
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578340.13/cwt319.00–360.001,966110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583304.58/cwt290.00–325.001,77630
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629304.91/cwt297.50–314.001,91823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632318.25/cwt306.00–336.002,011152
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680304.96/cwt295.00–316.002,07475
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy693293.50/cwt293.50–293.502,0349
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9495
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721290.00/cwt277.00–300.002,09141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729274.98/cwt270.00–285.002,00524
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy739277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0474
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763274.00/cwt265.00–276.002,09135
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769259.11/cwt258.00–260.001,9939
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Full786258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0287
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2848243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0613
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,085195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1833
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377352.48/cwt342.50–365.001,32911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420324.86/cwt292.50–332.501,36422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421376.39/cwt355.00–392.501,58534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464293.28/cwt288.00–312.501,36122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476345.51/cwt330.00–362.501,64574
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511330.80/cwt311.00–343.001,69061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522292.34/cwt278.00–312.001,52621
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2558256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4286
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567315.77/cwt285.00–331.001,79072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567262.64/cwt255.00–273.001,48923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy594284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6874
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy608268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6295
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622292.78/cwt275.00–299.001,821122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628254.86/cwt245.00–262.501,6017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642268.56/cwt266.00–272.001,7247
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674276.90/cwt265.00–287.501,86657
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy687258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7725
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724258.25/cwt257.00–261.001,87019
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy754275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0744
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1794249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9779
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2336340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1424
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned412365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5049
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5806
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571288.16/cwt272.50–300.001,64517
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8215
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,636164.91/cwt163.00–168.002,6985
Bulls——1,918171.53/cwt170.00–173.003,2902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1661
Cows—Lean 85-90%97694.84/cwt84.00–105.009266
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048111.32/cwt105.00–122.001,1678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184111.59/cwt105.00–118.001,32110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201126.31/cwt119.00–134.001,51720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271138.19/cwt136.00–140.001,7564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,414136.99/cwt133.00–140.001,93710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,559147.32/cwt143.00–150.002,2977
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140190.45/cwt186.00–196.002,1712

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.