Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter supply offered only a few true comparisons but steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was light to moderate and demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.75/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −181.56 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$300.75

72 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$4.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.60

vs MO average

+1.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	301.58	1,672	60
Medium and Large 1-2	554	296.62	1,643	12thin

One grade step is worth $4.96/cwt here — about $28 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 sale72 hd

300.75

—

MO average15 barns · 1,856 hd

285.15

+15.60

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+1.42

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−181.56

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	1,641	149.98	2,461	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,518	127.20	1,931	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	119.73	1,461	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	107.48	1,112	14

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1Unweaned	600–650	606	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	269.51/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,242	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	269.47/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,455	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	292.68/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,695	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	296.62/cwt	296.00–297.50	1,643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	270.80/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,741	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	264.05/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,803	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	289.87/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,820	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	271.02/cwt	269.00–273.50	1,829	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	337.33/cwt	329.00–346.00	1,596	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	299.66/cwt	278.00–319.00	1,465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	314.50/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,686	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,403	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	353	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	220.50/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	233.86/cwt	229.00–244.00	1,546	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,409	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,622	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	111.57/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,385	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	125.90/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,545	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	119.65/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,454	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	108.52/cwt	99.00–115.00	1,130	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	898	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	108.50/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,577	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	126.50/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,900	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	132.52/cwt	132.00–134.00	2,067	9
Bulls	—	—	1,728	158.30/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,735	3
Bulls	—	—	1,380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	129.31/cwt	123.00–136.00	1,504	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	169.81/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	299.50/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,255	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,883	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	255.23/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	293.59/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,506	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	267.86/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,570	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	451	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,195	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	293.99/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	264.46/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	256.86/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,641	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,370	3

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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