Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifers sold steady with spots 5.00 higher. Demand was good for moderate supply of cattle. The majority of the offering was good quality weaned calves. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.19/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −162.12 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.

Average price

$265.19

184 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$108.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.76

vs MO average

−15.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	517	283.00	1,463	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	268.90	1,497	51
Medium and Large 1	557	267.86	1,492	108
Medium 1-2	531	259.34	1,377	12thin
Medium 1	540	231.00	1,247	4thin
Medium and Large 2	588	175.00	1,029	4thin

One grade step is worth $108.00/cwt here — about $434 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

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 sale184 hd

265.19

—

MO average18 barns · 5,138 hd

277.94

−12.76

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−15.11

This barn, trailing median25 sales

427.30

−162.12

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	1,588	155.61	2,471	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	116.33	1,660	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	113.77	1,394	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	101.17	1,113	20

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	319.12/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,835	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	722	252.97/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,826	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	250.99/cwt	247.00–255.50	2,066	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	536	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	757	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	253.56/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,699	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	598	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	731	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	377.17/cwt	335.00–395.00	1,788	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	353.58/cwt	329.00–376.00	1,860	39
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	637	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,119	6
Steers	Large 1	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	685	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,740	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	676	251.43/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,700	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	273.98/cwt	266.00–288.00	1,833	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,080	8
Steers	Large 1	550–600	577	298.84/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	262.20/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,880	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,107	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,253	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	305	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,319	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	477	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,283	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	265.73/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,666	24
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	304.88/cwt	292.00–318.00	1,887	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	724	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	345.67/cwt	338.00–352.00	1,521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	290.55/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	662	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	503	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,333	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,298	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	258.39/cwt	239.00–272.50	1,470	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,493	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	920	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	119.34/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,758	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	103.06/cwt	96.50–106.00	1,312	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	126.24/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,447	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	115.88/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,645	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	114.76/cwt	108.00–122.00	1,404	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	101.86/cwt	94.00–121.00	1,124	19
Bulls	—	—	1,588	155.61/cwt	127.00–173.00	2,471	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	675	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	419	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,110	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,370	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,436	22
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	650–700	671	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,386	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	661	236.67/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,564	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,730	8
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	517	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	274.73/cwt	253.00–287.00	1,747	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	293.46/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,517	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	308.35/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,511	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	319.62/cwt	317.50–322.00	1,384	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	274.49/cwt	261.00–293.00	1,565	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	299.89/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,308	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	247.86/cwt	244.50–254.00	1,594	23
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,247	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	339.07/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,333	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	280.94/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,469	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	308.61/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	656	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	254.71/cwt	254.50–258.00	1,877	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	263.39/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,507	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,864	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	531	259.34/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,377	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	295.63/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,585	10

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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