Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Feb 14
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,839 head
459 vs last sale 3,380 1,836 vs year ago 2,003 · +91.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
27 vs last sale 160 98 vs year ago 89 · +110.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
33 vs last sale 40 13 vs year ago 20 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to firm throughout the sale with a heavy offering in all classes of calves. The quality and condition of the offering this week was somewhat less overall but demand from buyers was very strong. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to firm compared to last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $267.83/cwt on 1,679 head.
Average price
$267.83
1,679 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$84.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.30
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659274.541,8101,119
Medium and Large 1-2633258.661,637393
Large 1-2673250.601,688150
Large 2828190.241,57617thin
One grade step is worth $84.30/cwt here — about $234 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 sale1,679 hd
267.83
MO average16 barns · 19,404 hd
269.13
−1.30
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
BullsAverage1,554123.881,92512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,532118.031,80829
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,290109.061,40745
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03598.951,02428

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2633230.96/cwt220.00–240.001,462214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662228.42/cwt221.00–239.001,512105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582240.28/cwt229.00–252.001,39889
HeifersLarge 2713190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3557
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned461249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1486
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed476312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0723
SteersMedium and Large 1872233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,03651
SteersMedium and Large 1436331.91/cwt295.00–342.501,4479
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy826205.86/cwt205.00–207.001,70014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009693
SteersMedium and Large 1729251.33/cwt242.00–261.001,832120
SteersLarge 2749197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4764
SteersMedium and Large 1382341.50/cwt337.00–365.001,3056
SteersMedium and Large 1529316.28/cwt294.00–350.001,673125
SteersMedium and Large 1573301.77/cwt289.00–333.001,729119
SteersMedium and Large 1478314.79/cwt297.00–333.001,50556
SteersMedium and Large 1821235.47/cwt230.00–241.001,93383
SteersMedium and Large 1624279.18/cwt264.00–291.001,742278
SteersLarge 1-2718248.61/cwt236.00–253.001,78523
SteersLarge 1-2590256.06/cwt250.00–259.001,5119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468274.29/cwt260.00–300.001,28418
SteersMedium and Large 1668270.35/cwt263.00–271.001,806112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680253.98/cwt238.00–260.001,727223
SteersLarge 1-2779212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426295.40/cwt290.00–300.001,2586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2252300.00/cwt300.00–300.007563
SteersLarge 1-2678250.82/cwt220.00–268.001,70188
SteersLarge 1-2631255.65/cwt240.00–275.001,61326
SteersMedium and Large 1763247.48/cwt240.00–254.501,888160
SteersLarge 2803190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,52610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584270.70/cwt244.00–288.001,58180
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631246.97/cwt240.00–261.001,55818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389303.64/cwt295.00–312.501,18114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4977
SteersLarge 21,018182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,8533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2547230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2583
BullsMedium and Large 1410313.31/cwt310.00–315.001,2853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2637221.39/cwt218.00–230.001,4107
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned573210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2033
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286114.16/cwt110.00–122.001,46826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,292103.59/cwt85.00–110.001,33818
CowsLean 85-90%98370.84/cwt59.00–80.006964
CowsLean 85-90%1,082110.89/cwt110.00–113.001,2008
CowsLean 85-90%1,024100.00/cwt85.00–108.001,02416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,529111.98/cwt106.00–115.001,7128
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533120.34/cwt116.00–126.001,84521
Bulls1,520122.69/cwt115.00–131.001,86511
Bulls1,925137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,6371
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2915158.99/cwt140.00–167.501,4557
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy740184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3623
BullsMedium and Large 1471300.10/cwt297.00–319.001,41311
BullsMedium and Large 1509284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579241.32/cwt235.00–252.501,39712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2733217.28/cwt212.50–222.001,5938
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680219.11/cwt205.00–233.001,49012
HeifersMedium 2585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,34611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy850193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy563238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy781194.68/cwt185.00–200.001,52014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy686218.41/cwt216.00–227.501,49814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1853
HeifersMedium and Large 2524229.16/cwt224.00–234.001,20130
HeifersMedium and Large 2438222.00/cwt222.00–222.0097212
HeifersMedium and Large 1449288.21/cwt278.00–295.001,29410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy723217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy808196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5845
HeifersMedium and Large 2590247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4579
HeifersMedium and Large 1478293.38/cwt281.00–317.001,40253
HeifersMedium and Large 1667248.98/cwt242.50–254.251,66142
HeifersMedium and Large 1521278.57/cwt265.00–291.001,45190
HeifersMedium and Large 1804224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8015
HeifersMedium and Large 1392285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1173
HeifersMedium and Large 1576266.37/cwt257.00–289.001,534114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534235.14/cwt221.00–255.001,25675
HeifersMedium and Large 1731233.13/cwt225.00–238.001,70463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437261.81/cwt260.00–262.501,14418
HeifersLarge 1-2613231.75/cwt225.00–234.001,42112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2798209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6686
HeifersMedium and Large 1623257.73/cwt241.00–260.251,606108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472253.86/cwt248.00–260.001,19825
HeifersLarge 2578239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3813
HeifersMedium 2673214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4407
HeifersLarge 1-2674227.30/cwt225.00–234.001,53212

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.