Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-05-07

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, May 7
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,087 head
▲ 870 vs last sale 1,217▲ 422 vs year ago 1,665 · +25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 196▲ 27 vs year ago 187 · +14.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 45▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steer and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were to lightly tested for a trend. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows traded 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 $378.89/cwt on 315 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −88.01 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$378.89
315 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.05
vs MO average
+0.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552387.402,138221
Medium and Large 1-2549366.012,00974
Large 1-2528333.331,7609thin
Medium and Large 2565331.821,87411thin
One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $263 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 sale315 hd
378.89
—
MO average17 barns · 4,676 hd
383.94
−5.05
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+0.10
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−88.01
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—Low1,727190.253,28526
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433158.172,2678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204147.421,77535
CowsLean 85-90%Low976130.571,27531

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,301$2,6917
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,073$2,9663thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,5502thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323446.94/cwt440.00–480.001,44422
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325427.50/cwt425.00–430.001,3896
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368398.97/cwt397.50–400.001,4687
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,3864
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned388425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,64912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396449.03/cwt407.50–460.001,77819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423453.14/cwt417.50–467.501,917109
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned423400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5553
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned433345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy472370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478381.58/cwt365.00–391.001,8248
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479430.61/cwt407.50–465.002,063110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7396
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned488376.91/cwt375.00–380.001,83916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524410.53/cwt397.50–426.002,15197
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy524357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8737
Steers500–550Large 1-2528333.33/cwt330.00–340.001,7609
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538379.69/cwt342.50–397.002,04347
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8466
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy549369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0264
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572374.42/cwt358.00–390.002,14285
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579344.12/cwt335.00–350.001,99215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580356.95/cwt352.50–370.002,07035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2596319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned597315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616323.14/cwt317.00–330.001,99115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623356.40/cwt340.00–365.002,22031
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,17613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1003
Steers650–700Large 1-2660317.48/cwt315.00–320.002,0956
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664317.24/cwt317.00–317.502,1066
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670336.99/cwt336.00–339.002,2589
Steers700–750Large 1-2736291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,1428
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1667
Steers750–800Large 1-2772280.56/cwt265.00–293.002,1669
Steers800–850Large 1-2805287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,3103
Steers850–900Large 1-2864258.47/cwt254.00–264.002,23311
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,073215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,3073
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2483
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330422.42/cwt417.50–455.001,39427
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335378.78/cwt365.00–410.001,2699
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4526
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371361.88/cwt340.00–382.501,3436
Heifers350–400Medium 2378340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2853
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379410.53/cwt390.00–425.001,55649
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3204
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422406.53/cwt375.00–427.501,71697
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428372.19/cwt360.00–400.001,59332
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429398.61/cwt380.00–402.501,71018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6558
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465315.04/cwt300.00–330.001,46512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned473310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,46610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476348.35/cwt332.50–380.001,65819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477384.17/cwt362.50–407.501,832126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy483346.84/cwt345.00–350.001,6758
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy508295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516358.47/cwt320.00–377.501,85088
Heifers500–550Large 2519297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy522317.88/cwt315.00–320.001,65914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527316.48/cwt315.00–317.501,6685
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543302.51/cwt300.00–305.001,6436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7904
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8144
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578312.62/cwt300.00–325.001,80716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579328.48/cwt320.00–346.001,90240
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2587308.39/cwt295.00–318.001,8107
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy588308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620330.62/cwt311.00–336.002,05040
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy656280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670301.58/cwt296.00–309.002,02116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0065
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2363
Heifers900–950Large 1-2944234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,2094
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6013
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7235
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8535
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8457
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,443169.48/cwt168.00–173.002,4464
Bulls——1,773199.14/cwt195.00–205.003,53111
Bulls——1,784188.92/cwt175.00–194.003,37011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%885106.89/cwt100.00–110.009463
Cows—Lean 85-90%983132.55/cwt119.00–141.001,30327
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160127.07/cwt125.00–129.001,4742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200146.07/cwt135.00–153.001,75325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228156.74/cwt155.00–159.001,9258
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406161.57/cwt158.50–165.002,2724
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460154.77/cwt153.00–156.002,2604
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29702,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0732,966.03/head2,875.00–3,025.002,9663
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3012,690.86/head2,400.00–2,950.002,6917

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.