Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2018-10-03

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Oct 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,119 head
288 vs last sale 831 1,119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
1 vs last sale 178 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
40 vs last sale 10 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower except 400-500 lb heifer calves selling 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was mostly moderate with smaller packages of cattle offered most of the day, however demand was good for steer and heifer calves weighing 350-500 lbs and some yearling heifers. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.82/cwt on 345 head.
Average price
$156.82
345 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.71
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585157.03918269
Large 1439157.006894thin
Medium and Large 1-2440156.6468966
Medium and Large 2713149.001,0626thin
One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about −$144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale345 hd
156.82
MO average6 barns · 2,619 hd
150.11
+6.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,53573.251,1242thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18547.9556825
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29547.2161125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04942.224438thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27948.90/cwt46.00–52.0062518
Bulls1,66078.50/cwt78.50–78.501,3031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,102967.69/cwt850.00–1,175.0010,66410
HeifersMedium and Large 1674152.67/cwt149.00–155.001,02955
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy494156.00/cwt156.00–156.0077112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy805133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374158.26/cwt155.00–162.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535148.29/cwt148.00–149.007937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471159.81/cwt156.00–161.0075318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324149.00/cwt149.00–149.004836
HeifersMedium and Large 2713149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2287149.00/cwt149.00–149.004283
HeifersMedium and Large 1638146.39/cwt146.00–147.009345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33642.88/cwt40.00–46.005737
Bulls1,41068.00/cwt68.00–68.009591
CowsLean 85-90%1,04942.22/cwt40.00–46.004438
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19448.34/cwt46.50–52.0057723
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08043.44/cwt42.00–45.004692
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy580142.00/cwt142.00–142.008243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed551171.00/cwt171.00–171.009428
BullsMedium and Large 1506167.00/cwt167.00–167.008454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322183.00/cwt183.00–183.005897
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433174.52/cwt167.50–182.5075620
HeifersMedium and Large 1477164.05/cwt157.00–168.0078325
SteersMedium and Large 1767158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2128
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0979
SteersMedium and Large 1366199.83/cwt189.00–206.0073110
SteersMedium and Large 1477180.46/cwt175.00–185.0086141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473175.00/cwt175.00–175.008285
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535169.78/cwt169.00–170.0090814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy585159.22/cwt159.00–160.009319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed481179.00/cwt179.00–179.008614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616153.00/cwt153.00–153.009425
SteersMedium and Large 1578167.26/cwt164.00–173.5096740
SteersMedium and Large 1420193.39/cwt184.00–199.0081241
HeifersMedium and Large 1388171.24/cwt164.00–179.0066415
HeifersMedium and Large 1734153.05/cwt149.00–153.501,12336
HeifersLarge 1439157.00/cwt157.00–157.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 1900137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,23812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508164.00/cwt164.00–164.008335
SteersMedium and Large 1Calves631158.00/cwt158.00–158.009976
HeifersMedium and Large 1422171.67/cwt163.00–179.5072429
HeifersMedium and Large 1333155.00/cwt155.00–155.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1571157.05/cwt150.00–158.5089739
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy573138.00/cwt138.00–138.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417160.60/cwt152.00–164.0067019
SteersMedium and Large 1521176.82/cwt166.00–185.5092139
HeifersMedium and Large 1523155.97/cwt153.50–158.0081626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413185.00/cwt185.00–185.007643
SteersLarge 1590167.00/cwt167.00–167.009853
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed586180.52/cwt180.00–182.001,05815
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed469195.00/cwt195.00–195.009154
SteersMedium and Large 1681156.73/cwt156.00–158.001,0678
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed697167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,16711
SteersMedium and Large 1625169.37/cwt164.00–174.001,05922

How this sale compares

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.