Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-06-05

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Jun 5
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,338 head
1,834 vs last sale 504 274 vs year ago 2,612 · 10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
107 vs last sale 115 420 vs year ago 642 · 65.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a better test of the market from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to spots 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate to heavy supply. Several reputation consignments of weaned calves and a few loads of yearlings were offered. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.83/cwt on 261 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 144.47 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.
Average price
$282.83
261 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$509
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$85.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.01
vs MO average
+9.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535295.021,580162
Large 1-2532280.001,4905thin
Medium and Large 1-2577267.871,54474
Medium and Large 2551250.201,37815thin
Medium and Large 2-3510210.001,0715thin
One grade step is worth $85.02/cwt here — about $509 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
462430398366median 427.3012/1702/1804/1505/2708/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.60, low $380.31, median $427.30 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale261 hd
282.83
MO average17 barns · 4,285 hd
277.82
+5.01
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
+9.80
This barn, trailing median25 sales
427.30
−144.47
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
BullsHigh1,630166.002,7064thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461146.062,13420
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,207138.871,67643
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,070125.201,34014

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2400–450433320.34/cwt300.00–337.501,38733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600561272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688238.16/cwt234.00–241.001,63916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750743240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428364.82/cwt356.00–375.001,56140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650622240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4935
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650612292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300272420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650616278.73/cwt273.00–293.001,717220
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370405.11/cwt387.00–411.001,49921
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750731274.56/cwt274.00–275.002,0079
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530342.00/cwt325.00–362.501,813131
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614307.14/cwt295.00–316.001,886117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469285.51/cwt274.00–300.001,33925
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750717265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9006
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658294.91/cwt287.50–298.501,94115
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800752256.25/cwt256.25–256.251,92773
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466318.23/cwt302.00–335.001,48335
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680263.91/cwt259.00–265.501,79536
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500453322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4616
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523299.57/cwt285.00–307.501,567132
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590275.02/cwt268.00–279.001,62330
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388344.40/cwt331.00–347.001,33632
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429338.99/cwt330.50–353.001,45490
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566326.72/cwt316.00–336.001,84964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385340.12/cwt336.00–351.001,30910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550503315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5843
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,454150.24/cwt147.00–154.002,18412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,474142.19/cwt137.00–147.002,0967
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,7901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263148.20/cwt143.00–153.001,8726
CowsLean 85-90%935107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,0051
CowsLean 85-90%1,215133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6161
SteersLarge 1850–900863235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295127.57/cwt127.00–129.001,6523
Bulls1,925182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,5042
Bulls1,335150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189138.22/cwt130.00–145.001,64334
CowsLean 85-90%1,069126.03/cwt115.00–134.001,34712
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600587270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5855
HeifersLarge 1-2600–650633247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5644
SteersLarge 1-2650–700658287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,89210
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550532280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4905
HeifersLarge 1600–650615259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5935
SteersLarge 1750–800771236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8205
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500487282.34/cwt279.00–289.001,37512
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424373.21/cwt361.00–391.001,58236
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350316415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3114
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,9048
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476361.73/cwt341.00–383.001,722132
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340354.19/cwt347.00–360.001,20411
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650626260.77/cwt246.00–269.001,63223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700696260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8104
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581294.00/cwt286.00–305.001,70852
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600583241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4059
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516301.60/cwt275.00–315.001,55642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530281.63/cwt275.00–287.001,4939
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550502264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613294.13/cwt289.00–296.001,80325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583265.96/cwt263.00–271.001,55165
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550519273.08/cwt269.00–278.001,41711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773240.14/cwt235.00–248.001,85623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900878219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462340.50/cwt329.00–345.001,5739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619270.23/cwt254.00–280.501,67362

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.