Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-03-19

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Mar 19
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,464 head
▼ 612 vs last sale 2,076▼ 156 vs year ago 1,620 · −9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 126▼ 127 vs year ago 225 · −56.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 25▼ 70 vs year ago 90 · −77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher while heifers under 650 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher and yearling heifers sold steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply with a couple loads of heifers, a few consignments of home raised yearlings and several calves offered. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.44/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −76.90 against this barn's trailing median of $413.34.
Average price
$336.44
186 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$40.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.89
vs MO average
+21.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567340.701,931153
Medium and Large 1-2519327.531,70020
Large 1-2581300.001,74313thin
One grade step is worth $40.70/cwt here — about $188 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 sale186 hd
336.44
—
MO average16 barns · 2,846 hd
317.55
+18.89
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
+21.86
This barn, trailing median25 sales
413.34
−76.90
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—Low1,730173.993,01117
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,459149.322,17921
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,220141.731,72921
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,020113.071,15318

Every lot

68 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 1384424.63/cwt420.00–426.001,6319
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415392.04/cwt386.00–398.001,6276
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425364.20/cwt359.00–370.001,5488
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3804
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456361.75/cwt360.00–362.501,65010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472436.64/cwt386.00–447.502,06142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy496372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8488
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516378.71/cwt340.00–385.001,95414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527397.68/cwt375.00–404.002,09625
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy541354.54/cwt335.00–362.501,9187
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy557270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5043
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7024
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579372.87/cwt355.00–380.002,15920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621357.41/cwt347.00–369.002,22046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668327.74/cwt323.00–335.002,1895
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,25916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737286.57/cwt286.00–288.002,1127
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,24914
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1802265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1256
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,1625
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,041223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,3214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,2642
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6065
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383348.75/cwt330.00–370.001,33614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428370.54/cwt340.00–380.001,5868
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3108
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461378.65/cwt342.50–400.001,74636
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy497295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,89124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed503350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527345.53/cwt327.50–370.001,82126
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532309.14/cwt287.50–335.001,64511
Heifers550–600Large 1-2581300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,74313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592330.91/cwt302.50–334.001,959103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622313.84/cwt290.00–326.001,95240
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622285.21/cwt280.00–292.001,77419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666278.57/cwt261.00–288.001,8556
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,97181
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738257.93/cwt257.50–258.001,90414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9105
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764246.13/cwt245.00–247.001,8807
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0729
Heifers800–850Large 1803254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0403
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2109
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372371.24/cwt340.00–400.001,3819
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440371.34/cwt360.00–385.001,63420
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469343.57/cwt322.50–355.001,6116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523331.62/cwt320.00–340.001,7345
Bulls500–550Medium 2543276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4995
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580333.46/cwt331.00–336.001,9344
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629298.95/cwt295.00–300.501,8807
Bulls650–700Medium 1-2667247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6516
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680279.81/cwt265.00–300.501,9037
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425155.40/cwt150.00–160.002,2142
Bulls——1,666172.74/cwt164.00–180.002,87811
Bulls——2,060186.74/cwt185.00–190.003,8474
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014120.60/cwt116.00–126.001,22314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04186.70/cwt80.00–100.009034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178137.73/cwt133.00–144.001,62213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288148.24/cwt145.00–153.001,9098
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,426148.66/cwt144.00–152.002,12014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,509153.57/cwt150.00–157.002,3176
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,1611
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2931208.15/cwt190.00–220.001,9385
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6131

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.