Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Sep 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
847 head
43 vs last sale 890 32 vs year ago 815 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
32 vs last sale 102 190 vs year ago 260 · 73.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
25 vs last sale 20 15 vs year ago 30 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with some high quality weaned calves on hand selling with a higher undertone and a lighter offering of yearlings consisting of smaller packages selling with a steady to weak undertone. Demand was moderate to good. The quality followed the trend as uneven with some fancy weaned calves to start the sale and some nice home-raised yearlings and then several small groups of unweaned, all natural calves. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows sold uneven as well from steady to 5.00 lower to a few dollars higher on the higher dressing kind.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $282.28/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 200.04 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.
Average price
$282.28
37 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.83
vs MO average
+15.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563283.411,59432
Medium and Large 1-2562275.001,5465thin
One grade step is worth $8.41/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
538496454412median 482.3112/1702/1804/1505/2708/12
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 sale37 hd
282.28
MO average14 barns · 1,787 hd
270.45
+11.83
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
+15.64
This barn, trailing median25 sales
482.31
−200.04
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
BullsAverage1,605155.572,49610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,585131.082,07714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,250124.681,55933
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,024102.801,05311

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,323$2,6043thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$2,0266
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,277$1,8309
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$2,7382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,4253thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1600–650614262.36/cwt260.00–264.501,61137
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460282.52/cwt281.00–287.001,30016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3815
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614276.45/cwt272.00–279.001,69717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000962213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,05412
SteersMedium 1-2350–400389270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0504
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500480274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750704219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500497281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600562275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5465
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750709250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,7765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7293
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500496310.36/cwt301.00–313.001,53918
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768245.92/cwt240.50–248.001,88911
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5387
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,3845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384319.41/cwt309.00–332.001,22710
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683258.38/cwt251.50–261.501,76551
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400397335.46/cwt327.00–340.001,33212
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579281.69/cwt275.00–285.001,63122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620265.05/cwt260.00–270.001,6438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500457270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450402292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750714217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5497
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550502261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500463262.01/cwt260.00–264.001,21310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600581238.60/cwt230.00–247.001,38623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,447130.43/cwt126.00–134.001,8875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638117.94/cwt110.00–122.001,9323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160113.19/cwt108.00–117.001,3137
CowsBoner 80-85%1,321137.80/cwt137.00–140.001,8209
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250122.47/cwt119.00–132.001,53117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,673138.20/cwt136.00–142.002,3126
CowsLean 85-90%1,00092.42/cwt85.00–97.009243
CowsLean 85-90%1,033106.69/cwt102.00–112.001,1028
Bulls1,558154.74/cwt150.00–160.002,4119
Bulls2,025163.00/cwt163.00–163.003,3011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2958144.05/cwt140.00–148.001,3803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2771,830.06/head1,825.00–1,850.001,8309
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3232,603.65/head2,400.00–2,675.002,6043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1362,026.01/head1,875.00–2,250.002,0266
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2882,737.50/head2,550.00–2,925.002,7382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0502,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned750–800785195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550516250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2904
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390309.09/cwt303.00–315.001,20521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369278.49/cwt277.50–280.001,02810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526258.70/cwt255.00–268.001,3617
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800759230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,74922
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600562255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4333
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518279.48/cwt275.00–281.001,44816
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572260.92/cwt254.00–265.001,49217
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429290.96/cwt288.00–295.001,2487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550537220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700664218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4485
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850812238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9335

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.