Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-07-10

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Jul 10
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,400 head
1,090 vs last sale 1,310 109 vs year ago 2,509 · 4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
50 vs last sale 50 709 vs year ago 809 · 87.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 55 vs year ago 75 · 73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steer calves under 650 sold 5.00-10.00 higher and heavier weights sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher and yearlings sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Several reputation strings of calves and loads of yearlings were offered and demand was good to very good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady except for the high dressing cows 3.00-6.00 lower than the highs from the last sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.65/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 128.65 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.
Average price
$298.65
312 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.69
vs MO average
+29.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557304.761,699236
Medium and Large 1-2564283.381,59759
Medium 1-2544267.501,45414thin
Medium and Large 2523264.001,3813thin
One grade step is worth $40.76/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale312 hd
298.65
MO average11 barns · 2,880 hd
286.96
+11.69
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
+29.79
This barn, trailing median25 sales
427.30
−128.65
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
BullsAverage1,745170.002,9671thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,582154.542,44517
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,230149.921,84411
CowsLean 85-90%Average929129.181,2005thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2500–550532296.41/cwt279.00–309.001,57721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418334.05/cwt330.00–338.001,3964
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350323336.01/cwt335.00–337.501,0855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581276.18/cwt265.00–289.001,60538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415350.92/cwt335.00–368.001,4569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650613248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5205
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550519294.34/cwt272.50–307.001,5288
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500498272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450423315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full500–550541300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6235
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632310.41/cwt297.00–321.001,962146
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750727281.96/cwt278.00–285.002,05059
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678291.54/cwt286.00–304.001,97747
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423387.12/cwt379.00–400.001,63827
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850806267.13/cwt261.00–271.002,15373
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480344.61/cwt327.50–360.001,65419
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573327.94/cwt320.00–336.001,87957
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512317.69/cwt314.00–327.001,62763
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613287.84/cwt280.00–300.001,76449
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5409
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574300.05/cwt280.00–309.751,722173
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687268.32/cwt254.00–271.001,843105
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469343.14/cwt330.00–351.001,60938
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850829235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,94811
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723270.36/cwt268.00–273.101,955157
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450434345.51/cwt331.00–352.001,50022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227147.00/cwt140.00–151.001,8048
Bulls1,745170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,9671
CowsLean 85-90%946132.73/cwt125.00–140.001,2564
CowsLean 85-90%860115.00/cwt115.00–115.009891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,601159.38/cwt155.00–164.002,5528
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,565150.23/cwt144.00–154.002,3519
SteersLarge 1650–700670284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,90320
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,000218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1804
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,125205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,3063
HeifersLarge 1400–450445299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,3314
SteersLarge 1400–450447342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,237157.72/cwt155.00–160.001,9513
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550526275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4477
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600561260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4597
SteersMedium 1-2500–550536274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4697
HeifersMedium 1600–650609259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5775
HeifersLarge 1-2700–750743238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7683
SteersLarge 1550–600562324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,82122
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400393344.41/cwt340.00–347.501,35412
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533345.22/cwt328.00–362.001,84089
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775275.52/cwt268.00–281.002,13522
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450405415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650613263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,60414
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650627256.24/cwt255.00–258.001,6077
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3813
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600568280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626268.24/cwt264.00–280.001,67921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678282.98/cwt275.00–290.001,91969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450426353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630302.28/cwt288.00–306.001,90433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571312.49/cwt289.00–325.001,78427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682251.52/cwt248.00–267.001,71521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850816269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,1954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530312.40/cwt305.00–327.501,65621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900852243.80/cwt242.00–245.002,0775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476308.22/cwt289.00–320.001,46723

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.