Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2019-05-15

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, May 15
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,155 head
19 vs last sale 1,174 1,051 vs year ago 2,206 · 47.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
220 vs last sale 40 13 vs year ago 247 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
180 vs last sale 260 65 vs year ago 15 · +433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to to 2.00 lower and heifers traded unevenly steady to 5.00 higher with the advance on calves under 550 lbs. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply. Most of the offering was made up of fall born calves with average weigh ups but good quality. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Fed cattle traded lower on Wednesday at 117.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.57/cwt on 351 head.
Average price
$164.57
351 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Large 1 over Medium 1
$16.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.55
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1517168.6387219thin
Medium and Large 1535166.46890241
Medium and Large 1-2530159.0184287
Medium 1515152.007834thin
One grade step is worth $16.63/cwt here — about $89 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 sale351 hd
164.57
MO average19 barns · 10,713 hd
156.01
+8.55
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
BullsLow1,61878.511,2716thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39160.6484436
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14553.5661363
CowsLean 85-90%Low98745.1244515

Every lot, as filed

62 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned614145.00/cwt145.00–145.008905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,101991.23/cwt850.00–1,100.0010,91324
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-298277.63/cwt68.00–90.0076218
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17263.41/cwt55.00–71.0074316
Bulls1,30565.00/cwt65.00–65.008481
Bulls1,68181.21/cwt77.50–84.001,3655
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14647.96/cwt42.00–50.5055014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16058.89/cwt56.00–64.0068317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13653.17/cwt49.50–57.5060432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40547.50/cwt47.50–47.506671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43662.29/cwt60.00–63.5089417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34859.82/cwt55.00–65.0080618
CowsLean 85-90%95037.57/cwt30.00–40.003576
CowsLean 85-90%1,01150.16/cwt46.00–53.005079
SteersMedium and Large 1372176.95/cwt174.00–179.0065817
SteersMedium and Large 1481173.16/cwt167.50–178.0083334
SteersMedium and Large 1573163.58/cwt159.50–168.0093741
SteersMedium and Large 1627158.42/cwt156.00–160.5099344
SteersMedium and Large 1522170.21/cwt162.00–174.5088854
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned670143.00/cwt143.00–143.009584
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned475159.82/cwt158.00–162.5075910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy493156.00/cwt156.00–156.007693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full693132.00/cwt132.00–132.009154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615161.00/cwt161.00–161.009903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2356167.40/cwt167.00–168.005965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479170.71/cwt168.00–173.508186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343168.86/cwt165.00–174.005797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522163.72/cwt158.00–174.0085518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569158.20/cwt154.00–164.5090031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313149.00/cwt149.00–149.004664
HeifersMedium and Large 1522145.93/cwt142.50–153.0076234
HeifersMedium and Large 1479150.74/cwt147.50–154.5072234
HeifersMedium and Large 1412160.13/cwt157.00–165.0066029
HeifersMedium and Large 1373163.59/cwt160.00–167.0061026
HeifersMedium and Large 1621139.80/cwt138.00–141.0086816
HeifersMedium and Large 1573141.70/cwt139.00–145.0081215
HeifersMedium and Large 1834120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,00111
HeifersMedium and Large 1694130.00/cwt129.00–131.009026
HeifersMedium and Large 1305157.00/cwt157.00–157.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy580137.00/cwt137.00–137.007953
HeifersMedium 1Unweaned640118.50/cwt118.50–118.507586
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned480154.00/cwt154.00–154.007394
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375166.33/cwt163.00–170.006246
SteersMedium and Large 1665155.37/cwt152.00–157.001,03316
SteersMedium and Large 1420180.03/cwt179.00–180.5075610
SteersMedium and Large 1326183.00/cwt183.00–183.005977
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590154.00/cwt154.00–154.009094
SteersMedium 1515152.00/cwt152.00–152.007834
SteersLarge 1575163.31/cwt159.00–165.0093911
SteersLarge 1372182.50/cwt182.50–182.506795
SteersLarge 1545165.00/cwt165.00–165.008993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned470141.21/cwt139.00–143.006647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522146.24/cwt143.50–150.5076321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636133.26/cwt131.00–134.5084819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439150.26/cwt148.00–153.0066018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491147.71/cwt144.00–153.5072517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564138.37/cwt134.00–145.0078014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769122.50/cwt122.50–122.509429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729126.00/cwt126.00–126.009195

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.