Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2026-01-21

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Jan 21
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Receipts
2,894 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 3,105▲ 1,047 vs year ago 1,847 · +56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with spots 10.00-15.00 higher on the fancy 550-625 lb steers. Demand was good to very good for a moderate to heavy supply. The forecasted cold and potential for a winter storm this weekend didn't slow things down at all as buyers are trying to gather cattle while they are in front of them. With the market at historically high levels and the tremendous weather thus far this New Year, the runs of cattle are likely to slow down in the coming weeks.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.83/cwt on 286 head. That ranks 15 of 25 comparable sales and sits +8.93 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$475.83
286 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$65.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.03
vs MO average
+10.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564485.392,738231
Medium and Large 1-2556437.962,43448
Large 1596420.002,5037thin
One grade step is worth $65.39/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale286 hd
475.83
—
MO average19 barns · 4,419 hd
457.80
+18.03
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+10.50
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
+8.93
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.

Every lot

58 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2306568.49/cwt560.00–570.001,74015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382464.98/cwt460.00–470.001,7764
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419467.42/cwt465.00–480.001,95812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428512.44/cwt470.00–530.002,19321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469480.04/cwt455.00–490.002,25127
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477509.11/cwt485.00–527.502,42847
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516502.31/cwt475.00–520.002,59262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527440.98/cwt430.00–450.002,32422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,7967
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580435.40/cwt405.00–447.502,52526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583477.96/cwt450.00–497.502,787162
Steers550–600Large 1596420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5037
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy612482.62/cwt477.00–487.002,95425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623448.88/cwt420.00–470.002,79761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3794
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627409.99/cwt397.50–420.002,57155
Steers600–650Large 1629390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4534
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy658448.50/cwt448.50–448.502,95134
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667391.33/cwt370.00–407.502,6107
Steers650–700Large 1671399.29/cwt394.00–411.002,67928
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674408.78/cwt391.00–422.502,755187
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713398.32/cwt394.00–406.002,84074
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722393.38/cwt390.00–395.002,84023
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759387.29/cwt387.00–393.002,94084
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780355.62/cwt353.00–357.502,77415
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822362.87/cwt357.50–367.002,9837
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856363.00/cwt363.00–363.003,1077
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,05314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4777
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375457.82/cwt450.00–460.001,71714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383491.02/cwt485.00–497.501,88112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424441.33/cwt420.00–467.501,87124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434502.71/cwt477.50–515.002,1829
Heifers400–450Large 1434457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,9864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464471.28/cwt430.00–500.002,18755
Heifers450–500Medium 1468415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476420.44/cwt412.50–430.002,00122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0295
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531398.87/cwt377.50–412.502,11870
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532415.19/cwt385.00–443.002,20997
Heifers550–600Large 1558405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2603
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572387.63/cwt380.00–390.002,21738
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582415.90/cwt390.00–436.002,42172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615392.65/cwt362.00–399.002,415135
Heifers600–650Large 1620381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,3626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626395.36/cwt390.00–410.002,47534
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2629360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2647
Heifers650–700Large 1653361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,3579
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement664399.52/cwt392.50–401.002,653119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667361.48/cwt357.50–368.002,41111
Heifers650–700Medium 1683364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,48613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688375.04/cwt370.00–397.502,580160
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4504
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement718375.53/cwt372.50–377.502,69610
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4183
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820303.77/cwt280.00–320.002,49122
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,6775
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7483

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.