Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2026-06-03

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Jun 3
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
896 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 600▼ 1,480 vs year ago 2,376 · −62.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 125▲ 18 vs year ago 94 · +19.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 44▲ 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady overall. The supply was moderate this week with good demand. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm with the high yielding bulls selling 5.00 to 10.00 higher over last weeks comparable bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $477.93/cwt on 167 head, down $4.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +11.03 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$477.93
▼ 4.38 vs prior sale
167 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.02
vs MO average
+18.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537493.772,653101
Medium 1-2560457.502,5624thin
Medium and Large 1-2553455.542,51959
Medium and Large 2550412.502,2693thin
One grade step is worth $81.27/cwt here — about $384 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 sale167 hd
477.93
—
MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd
465.91
+12.02
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+18.74
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
+11.03
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—Low1,972236.834,6697thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,468177.292,60234
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210170.552,06423
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,010150.071,51629

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)1,318$3,5813thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)928$3,1284thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264635.16/cwt620.00–660.001,6775
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318554.43/cwt545.00–570.001,7635
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,1483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391539.81/cwt512.50–550.002,11114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420554.78/cwt530.00–570.002,33035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435495.33/cwt465.00–530.002,15518
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480518.08/cwt510.00–529.002,48727
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488491.87/cwt470.00–505.002,40038
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519494.96/cwt480.00–517.502,56955
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533466.39/cwt452.50–475.002,48624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,2693
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559492.34/cwt467.50–502.502,75246
Steers550–600Medium 1-2560457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,5624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned560436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,4423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574447.69/cwt396.00–462.502,57028
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned608430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6146
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5472
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626454.97/cwt432.50–460.002,84859
Steers600–650Large 1-2642400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5683
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned643408.21/cwt387.50–415.002,6258
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660437.11/cwt427.50–445.002,88516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684396.78/cwt395.00–397.502,7147
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733380.90/cwt370.00–385.002,79213
Steers750–800Large 1-2760346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,6302
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,6396
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7474
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358555.93/cwt542.50–560.001,99015
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386516.63/cwt480.00–535.001,9948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,1214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448476.00/cwt476.00–476.002,1325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472469.57/cwt455.00–488.002,21645
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478446.99/cwt440.00–450.002,13710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514450.18/cwt437.50–470.002,31429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522415.08/cwt402.50–425.002,16716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,2403
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy561414.08/cwt412.00–417.502,3238
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,4752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576395.18/cwt392.50–398.002,2766
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608411.77/cwt390.00–427.502,50411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,1953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,2882
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy684344.12/cwt331.00–357.502,3546
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4322
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,4243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471476.08/cwt470.00–482.502,2424
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513462.22/cwt432.50–482.502,3715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571409.65/cwt395.00–430.002,3397
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2608392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,3864
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed669382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5594
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,7511
Bulls——2,035231.83/cwt220.00–240.004,7183
Bulls——2,067259.43/cwt257.00–261.005,3623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920133.15/cwt128.00–137.501,2255
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,029153.59/cwt140.00–170.001,58024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209172.36/cwt159.00–182.002,08419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210153.58/cwt152.00–156.001,8583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,3091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440190.34/cwt184.00–200.002,7415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452162.48/cwt157.00–165.002,3595
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477177.66/cwt171.00–182.002,62424
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2353,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3603,571.69/head3,500.00–3,650.003,5722
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053234.29/cwt202.00–265.002,4674
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29283,128.03/head2,900.00–3,200.003,1284

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.