Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-10-22

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 22
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
881 head
▼ 504 vs last sale 1,385▲ 170 vs year ago 711 · +23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 167▲ 31 vs year ago 136 · +22.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 25 vs year ago 15 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good for a light supply. Cattle futures plummeted Wednesday, with most contracts limit down following Trump's comments on his desire to lower beef prices. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $437.92/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 11 of 25 comparable sales and sits −28.98 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$437.92
120 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.67
vs MO average
−20.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556441.842,45690
Medium and Large 1-2548426.172,33730
One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about $119 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 sale120 hd
437.92
—
MO average18 barns · 2,272 hd
431.25
+6.67
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−20.22
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−28.98
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—High1,698184.903,13910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,466171.282,5115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216165.882,01838
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,013128.381,3009thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,9242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468475.13/cwt462.50–485.002,22423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468441.88/cwt425.00–452.002,06822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522462.25/cwt440.00–485.502,41333
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528433.64/cwt430.00–437.502,29020
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy529438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,3174
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579429.42/cwt421.00–439.002,48653
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589411.24/cwt400.00–421.002,42210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619422.40/cwt420.00–435.002,61519
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621402.19/cwt390.00–422.502,49816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667406.40/cwt378.00–420.002,71145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383471.04/cwt457.50–477.501,80411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388450.28/cwt420.00–470.001,7475
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430436.71/cwt420.00–445.001,87826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431458.89/cwt447.50–462.501,97810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473432.22/cwt415.00–440.002,04438
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481396.52/cwt375.00–410.001,90717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy522365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9055
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529383.16/cwt357.50–410.002,02716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532406.34/cwt392.50–420.002,1628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571410.29/cwt398.00–422.502,34334
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579380.05/cwt367.50–405.002,20010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638366.15/cwt365.00–367.502,33611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3453
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4935
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702374.46/cwt362.50–382.502,62910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5746
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy831305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5354
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,9815
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1939319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,9959
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,9383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2508426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,1643
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0844
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2954
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,59216
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,250168.33/cwt160.00–176.002,1043
Bulls——1,830189.25/cwt180.00–196.003,4635
Bulls——2,038198.86/cwt195.00–202.004,0532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977113.10/cwt105.00–119.001,1053
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031136.02/cwt122.50–142.001,4026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154143.56/cwt140.00–146.001,6575
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213166.22/cwt151.00–169.002,01619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243173.38/cwt168.00–176.002,15514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355166.79/cwt164.00–169.002,2603
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633178.01/cwt175.00–181.002,9072
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,009177.07/cwt170.00–186.001,78727
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050184.91/cwt170.00–190.001,9426

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.