Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, yearlings saw the best test and steers sold steady to 3.00 lower while heifers sold mostly 10.00 lower when compared to last week's higher market. Steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold with a lower undertone. Supply was light to moderate and outside of the couple bigger consignments of yearlings, the overall quality was below average. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.17/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −215.14 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$267.17

59 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$32.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.07

vs MO average

−1.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	278.48	1,568	30
Medium and Large 1-2	565	265.67	1,502	12thin
Medium and Large 2	562	249.78	1,404	11thin
Large 1-2	573	245.50	1,405	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.98/cwt here — about $162 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

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 sale59 hd

267.17

—

MO average17 barns · 2,777 hd

277.24

−10.07

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−1.03

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−215.14

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	1,650	156.03	2,575	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,546	129.78	2,006	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	129.56	1,615	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	109.32	1,120	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 1-2	550–600	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	237.08/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,508	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,522	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	264.18/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	554	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,159	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	287.97/cwt	277.00–304.00	1,244	7
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	537	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	269.69/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,580	21
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	255.74/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,606	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	275.53/cwt	274.50–277.25	1,813	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	241.86/cwt	235.50–243.25	1,959	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	244.82/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,403	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	1,759	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	247.77/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,544	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	264.69/cwt	264.00–266.50	1,898	60
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,378	5
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	683	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,264	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	268.64/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,107	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,212	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	135.45/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,956	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	130.23/cwt	125.00–133.00	2,032	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	92.29/cwt	70.00–100.00	1,035	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	117.84/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,150	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	119.94/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,931	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	134.92/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,666	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	131.01/cwt	126.00–135.50	1,617	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	121.05/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,583	5
Bulls	—	—	1,538	142.12/cwt	130.00–154.00	2,186	6
Bulls	—	—	1,649	163.25/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,692	7
Bulls	—	—	1,993	172.51/cwt	172.00–173.00	3,438	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	137.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,651	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	170.46/cwt	160.00–182.50	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	329	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	661	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,576	7
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	459	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	991	5
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	561	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,150	5
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	282	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	244.80/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,449	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	498	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,225	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	699	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	253.58/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,476	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,303	8
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	456	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,053	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	248.12/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,667	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,159	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	381	268.98/cwt	257.00–278.00	1,025	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,534	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,487	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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