Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to spots 5.00 higher. Supply was light to moderate. Demand was moderate to good, lightest for 550-650 lb heifers. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.25/cwt on 521 head.

Average price

$152.25

521 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$23.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	154.67	945	332
Medium and Large 1-2	618	149.80	926	170
Medium 1-2	387	137.00	530	3thin
Medium 1	678	131.13	889	16thin

One grade step is worth $23.54/cwt here — about $56 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 sale521 hd

152.25

—

MO average18 barns · 9,888 hd

148.74

+3.51

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,721	69.66	1,199	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	49.05	683	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	39.28	450	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	31.00	340	12

Every lot, as filed

69 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	661	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	124.61/cwt	122.00–128.00	775	21
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	649	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	126.11/cwt	124.00–130.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	994	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	137.27/cwt	136.00–138.00	917	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	685	3
Bulls	—	—	1,260	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	756	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,307	1
Bulls	—	—	1,843	72.10/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,329	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	39.99/cwt	38.00–44.50	466	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,316	62.12/cwt	56.00–70.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	135.54/cwt	132.50–136.50	1,102	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	157.68/cwt	153.00–162.00	904	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	142.57/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,019	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	164.82/cwt	156.50–170.00	874	54
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	50.18/cwt	45.00–55.00	566	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	84.46/cwt	69.00–98.00	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	146.89/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,000	38
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	387	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	142.98/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	151.38/cwt	150.00–153.00	925	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	645	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	152.93/cwt	147.00–158.00	887	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	153.92/cwt	150.00–156.00	948	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	171.95/cwt	170.00–177.00	820	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	179.16/cwt	173.00–181.00	772	24
Steers	Medium 1	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	156.18/cwt	153.00–163.00	761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	522	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	856	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	514	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	33.64/cwt	30.00–37.50	376	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	23.08/cwt	22.00–25.50	239	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	51.07/cwt	45.00–56.00	714	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	40.83/cwt	37.00–42.50	530	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	63.50/cwt	59.50–66.00	1,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,037	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	126.33/cwt	125.00–128.00	719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	132.73/cwt	128.00–142.00	678	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	127.79/cwt	125.00–128.50	918	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	129.67/cwt	124.00–133.00	888	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	35.22/cwt	34.00–37.00	378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	153.22/cwt	153.00–154.00	706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	126.98/cwt	124.00–128.00	976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	147.76/cwt	140.00–154.00	632	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	127.01/cwt	126.00–130.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	147.32/cwt	141.00–151.00	675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	147.35/cwt	144.00–151.00	777	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	606	124.45/cwt	124.00–125.00	754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.08/cwt	131.00–135.50	757	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	159.02/cwt	156.00–160.00	697	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	130.57/cwt	127.00–134.50	836	15
Steers	Medium 1	—	719	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	971	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	356	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	756	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	708	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	139.98/cwt	138.00–144.00	942	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	156.29/cwt	150.00–159.00	836	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	133.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,033	13

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.

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