Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate to heavy supply. The warmer temperatures are a welcome relief from the last few weeks of cold, ice and snow, but here comes the mud. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.88/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −128.43 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$353.88

240 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$71.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.37

vs MO average

+5.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	361.42	1,987	169
Medium and Large 1-2	561	340.78	1,910	64
Medium 1-2	595	293.00	1,743	4thin
Medium 1	597	290.00	1,731	3thin

One grade step is worth $71.42/cwt here — about $256 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 sale240 hd

353.88

—

MO average17 barns · 4,494 hd

339.51

+14.37

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+5.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−128.43

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	—	High	1,850	167.01	3,090	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	143.38	2,131	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	122.04	1,462	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	108.52	1,060	18

Every lot, as filed

82 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 1Fleshy	650–700	677	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	344.91/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,283	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	354.31/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	409.44/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	308.50/cwt	297.00–319.00	2,064	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	369.94/cwt	349.00–386.00	1,950	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	272.10/cwt	260.00–275.75	2,199	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	285.69/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,788	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	552	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	285.96/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,067	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	326.75/cwt	316.00–344.00	2,032	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	354.80/cwt	337.50–375.00	2,029	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	386.30/cwt	374.00–400.00	1,862	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,433	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,217	5
Steers	Large 1	600–650	624	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	292.24/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,976	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	285.99/cwt	279.00–290.00	2,068	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	346.67/cwt	327.50–365.00	1,830	17
Steers	Large 1	650–700	692	292.95/cwt	286.00–296.00	2,027	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	273.68/cwt	271.00–281.00	2,083	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	332.23/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,937	41
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	597	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	241.65/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,139	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	303.90/cwt	289.00–325.00	1,921	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,532	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	900–950	948	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	291.74/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,759	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	805	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,916	7
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	566	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,500	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	113.56/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,350	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	135.05/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,820	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,177	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	123.62/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,415	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	112.25/cwt	104.00–117.00	1,103	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	98.81/cwt	92.50–105.00	949	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	144.50/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,114	3
Bulls	—	—	2,003	174.40/cwt	174.00–175.00	3,493	2
Bulls	—	—	1,748	162.09/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,833	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,370	2
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	700–750	729	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	768	277.25/cwt	277.25–277.25	2,129	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	469	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,102	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,863	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,637	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	513	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,787	12
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	650–700	675	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	270.21/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,535	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	275.34/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,732	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	296.42/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,734	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	368.68/cwt	342.50–376.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	637	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,800	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	263.12/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,931	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	276.68/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,585	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	262.28/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,776	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	633	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,992	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	255.44/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,816	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	334.90/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,644	20
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	488	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,405	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	323.65/cwt	302.50–341.00	1,706	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	332.40/cwt	323.00–347.50	1,419	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	277.20/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,888	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	292.96/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,523	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	299.43/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,410	9

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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