Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-11-12

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Nov 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
608 head
▼ 1,427 vs last sale 2,035▼ 1,673 vs year ago 2,281 · −73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 0▼ 40 vs year ago 187 · −21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply that included some fancy groups of weaned calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower except for the higher dressing cows selling 5.00-7.00 lower than last weeks highs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.66/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −50.25 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$416.66
68 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,270
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.45
vs MO average
−8.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552423.642,33839
Large 1-2506420.002,1259thin
Medium and Large 1-2549401.542,20420
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $135 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 sale68 hd
416.66
—
MO average20 barns · 3,357 hd
396.21
+20.45
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−8.21
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−50.25
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—Low1,719186.023,1974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,624159.882,59619
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,260147.381,85723
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,060122.371,2975thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372473.94/cwt462.00–500.001,76310
Steers350–400Large 1-2375405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5193
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,14715
Steers450–500Medium 1-2476335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5955
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482428.64/cwt422.50–435.002,0664
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488446.77/cwt432.50–455.002,18029
Steers500–550Large 1-2506420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1259
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,2528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522420.83/cwt405.00–430.002,19713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563418.77/cwt404.00–426.002,35831
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2599370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2164
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622395.59/cwt385.00–407.502,46122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy632345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1803
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657349.21/cwt331.00–367.502,2944
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660381.61/cwt377.50–385.002,51918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy768346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,65714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,6816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6034
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4152
Heifers350–400Large 1-2357430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5353
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427442.34/cwt390.00–472.501,88921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432415.72/cwt400.00–445.001,7966
Heifers450–500Large 1-2453402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462395.29/cwt377.50–412.501,82614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479413.65/cwt402.50–420.001,9818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482365.48/cwt362.50–367.501,7625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned513354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516413.88/cwt400.00–432.502,13634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523383.97/cwt362.50–402.502,00812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy549355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9494
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591380.98/cwt365.00–385.002,25234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624376.01/cwt372.50–382.502,34611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2636
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708337.72/cwt336.00–340.002,3917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735338.92/cwt335.00–350.002,49111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562335.72/cwt325.00–352.501,88711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,420165.54/cwt165.00–166.002,3512
Bulls——1,585196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,1071
Bulls——2,450217.00/cwt217.00–217.005,3171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060126.71/cwt120.00–133.001,3434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234147.70/cwt142.00–154.001,82317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305136.59/cwt134.00–140.001,7823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,362156.35/cwt154.00–159.002,1293
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493150.17/cwt147.00–156.002,2425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,5811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,679163.14/cwt158.00–166.002,73913
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005211.41/cwt206.00–217.502,1252
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,163164.92/cwt160.00–168.001,9184
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,308160.44/cwt140.00–170.002,0995

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.