Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-02-26

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,428 head
571 vs last sale 1,857 713 vs year ago 1,715 · +41.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
89 vs last sale 91 42 vs year ago 138 · +30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 10 20 vs year ago 35 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steer calves under 700 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 higher, those over 700 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher. Heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher with most of the gain on the 500-650 lb weight range. Demand was good for a moderate to heavy supply following the weather break and everyone was ready to get back to doing some business. The board has been supportive as of late and with the warm weather and grass feeling much closer than a couple weeks ago, some of the highest prices of this rally were achieved for both the grazers and feeders. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.12/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 110.18 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.
Average price
$317.12
177 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.51
vs MO average
+10.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555327.911,819120
Medium and Large 1-2562294.421,65357
One grade step is worth $33.49/cwt here — about $165 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
462430398366median 427.3012/1702/1804/1505/2708/12
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 sale177 hd
317.12
MO average16 barns · 2,131 hd
304.61
+12.51
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
+10.11
This barn, trailing median25 sales
427.30
−110.18
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,491148.222,20910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,178132.781,56521
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,045107.161,1198thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519392.78/cwt385.00–400.002,03924
SteersMedium 1750–800761260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9794
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473343.92/cwt320.00–364.001,62717
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371388.93/cwt383.00–405.001,4437
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450416412.06/cwt382.00–428.001,71427
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950919243.28/cwt240.00–245.002,23618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800767281.94/cwt265.00–284.002,16228
SteersLarge 1750–800782260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529303.96/cwt290.00–320.001,60822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418365.88/cwt347.50–377.501,52915
SteersMedium 1-2500–550541272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4724
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900850272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,0105
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850818279.61/cwt271.00–282.502,28767
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473404.70/cwt395.00–412.501,91412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526339.79/cwt320.00–360.001,7878
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678285.20/cwt278.00–289.001,93414
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650622321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9975
SteersLarge 1550–600589348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,0506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650614333.46/cwt332.50–334.002,04711
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734299.27/cwt286.00–307.752,197330
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630339.11/cwt323.00–347.002,136104
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569374.07/cwt350.00–382.502,12849
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800772265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0469
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250246325.00/cwt325.00–325.008007
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,5543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750738239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650601300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550536300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6084
CowsLean 85-90%1,01085.30/cwt75.00–90.008623
CowsLean 85-90%1,090133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,4501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,357143.24/cwt139.00–147.001,9445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223123.51/cwt120.00–128.001,5113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163143.58/cwt142.00–145.001,6702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,172133.17/cwt128.00–140.001,56116
CowsLean 85-90%1,059117.10/cwt110.00–128.001,2404
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,624153.20/cwt150.00–155.002,4885
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350307407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,2513
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750709271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9218
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450441359.83/cwt357.50–362.501,58719
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630302.43/cwt286.00–310.501,905338
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572310.31/cwt298.00–336.001,77565
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534348.70/cwt310.00–353.001,86255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900857260.50/cwt260.50–260.502,23211
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660287.70/cwt278.00–291.501,899131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500464327.47/cwt311.00–345.001,51929
HeifersMedium 1450–500493306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300297365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0847
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736280.51/cwt280.00–282.002,06520
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750727280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683276.73/cwt275.00–278.501,89022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650614284.86/cwt275.00–294.501,74977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582288.42/cwt284.00–295.001,67935
HeifersLarge 1650–700653284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,8553
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671316.45/cwt305.00–333.002,12341
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773271.03/cwt265.00–276.002,0959

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.