Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. The majority of the feeder offering came from 3 loads of yearling steers. Demand was moderate for a light supply on a hot day. Slaughter cows sold 6.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.88/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −189.44 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$292.88

32 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$6.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.66

vs MO average

+24.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	297.00	1,776	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	290.71	1,607	21

One grade step is worth $6.29/cwt here — about $169 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.49, low $425.76, median $482.31 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 sale32 hd

292.88

—

MO average14 barns · 1,120 hd

279.21

+13.66

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+24.32

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−189.44

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	—	Average	1,723	174.22	3,002	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,522	138.57	2,109	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	135.87	1,650	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	995	129.01	1,284	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	450–500	476	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,776	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	259.43/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,333	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	251.18/cwt	249.50–253.50	1,700	19
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	359	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,032	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,580	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	248.35/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,833	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	242.10/cwt	242.10–242.10	2,155	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,050	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	262.60/cwt	260.50–268.00	1,738	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,911	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,579	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	277.74/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,621	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,307	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	275.83/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,429	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	303.01/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,461	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,421	143.75/cwt	133.00–150.00	2,043	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	143.23/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,490	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	172.11/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,895	7
Bulls	—	—	1,868	181.60/cwt	180.00–183.00	3,392	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,292	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	136.50/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,128	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	144.81/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,719	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	122.95/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,340	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	133.99/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,679	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,266	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	147.91/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,004	2

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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