Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2026-09-23

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Sep 23
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,906 head
▲ 1,433 vs last sale 473▲ 1,906 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 58▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks lighter test, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply with a nice offering of yearlings on hand. The board has been volatile lately but saw big gains on Wednesday. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.27/cwt on 103 head, down $39.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −73.63 against this barn's trailing median of $466.90.
Average price
$393.27
▼ 39.35 vs prior sale
103 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$317
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$70.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.97
vs MO average
−12.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523428.052,24020
Medium and Large 1-2555387.522,15175
Medium 1560365.002,0443thin
Medium 1-2538357.501,9235thin
One grade step is worth $70.55/cwt here — about $317 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 sale103 hd
393.27
—
MO average15 barns · 1,702 hd
411.25
−17.97
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−12.14
This barn, trailing median25 sales
466.90
−73.63
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—Average1,726195.123,3685thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,507135.762,0466thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,243133.361,65712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133128.771,4592thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8466
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421475.05/cwt470.00–485.002,0006
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478453.16/cwt442.50–460.002,1668
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506439.50/cwt428.00–445.002,22413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535394.55/cwt371.00–415.002,11132
Steers500–550Medium 1-2538357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned552382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3724
Steers550–600Medium 1560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0443
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570382.28/cwt364.00–410.002,17943
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624377.15/cwt362.50–400.502,35336
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627401.22/cwt386.00–415.002,51625
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned652322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,36235
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned661337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664371.58/cwt360.00–380.002,46751
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,56631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2739314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,3208
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741342.76/cwt335.00–346.002,54026
Steers750–800Large 1-2754341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,5716
Steers750–800Medium 1754338.66/cwt338.00–341.002,55336
Steers750–800Large 1758345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6159
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767354.60/cwt347.00–363.002,72019
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791348.24/cwt342.00–348.502,755123
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822345.86/cwt340.00–347.002,843127
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829328.43/cwt327.50–336.002,72328
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867328.25/cwt328.25–328.252,846111
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890300.50/cwt300.50–300.502,67412
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2917309.50/cwt309.50–309.502,83839
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2958301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,88410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421431.11/cwt425.00–435.001,8158
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422451.54/cwt440.00–465.001,90513
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2438417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478400.96/cwt395.00–420.001,91711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,01411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518398.55/cwt392.50–412.502,06420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525370.22/cwt360.00–387.501,94433
Heifers550–600Large 1567362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573374.16/cwt360.00–390.002,14421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580352.54/cwt337.50–370.002,04529
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8194
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1285
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662362.44/cwt345.00–376.002,39932
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2664325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1588
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675335.47/cwt320.00–339.002,26430
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709344.11/cwt337.00–345.002,440156
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement715360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,57470
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715326.87/cwt322.00–337.502,33730
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2739308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,2764
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,55914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,9923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526383.91/cwt369.00–397.502,01912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566351.03/cwt340.00–377.501,98710
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2686
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,726195.12/cwt189.00–198.003,3685
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133128.77/cwt127.50–130.001,4592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178145.95/cwt145.00–147.001,7192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218125.03/cwt120.00–130.001,5232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265132.30/cwt128.00–142.501,6748
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,507135.76/cwt132.00–140.002,0466
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,030177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,8281
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,106227.80/cwt217.50–229.002,5199

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.