Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher while heifers under 650 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher and yearling heifers sold steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply with a couple loads of heifers, a few consignments of home raised yearlings and several calves offered. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.44/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −90.86 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.

Average price

$336.44

186 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$40.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.89

vs MO average

+21.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	340.70	1,931	153
Medium and Large 1-2	519	327.53	1,700	20
Large 1-2	581	300.00	1,743	13thin

One grade step is worth $40.70/cwt here — about $188 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

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 sale186 hd

336.44

—

MO average16 barns · 2,846 hd

317.55

+18.89

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+21.86

This barn, trailing median25 sales

427.30

−90.86

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	—	Low	1,730	173.99	3,011	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,459	149.32	2,179	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	141.73	1,729	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	113.07	1,153	18

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1	750–800	752	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	581	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,743	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	327.74/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,189	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	257.93/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,904	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	361.75/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,650	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	392.04/cwt	386.00–398.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	557	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	309.14/cwt	287.50–335.00	1,645	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	246.13/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	286.57/cwt	286.00–288.00	2,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	364.20/cwt	359.00–370.00	1,548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	357.41/cwt	347.00–369.00	2,220	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	436.64/cwt	386.00–447.50	2,061	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	397.68/cwt	375.00–404.00	2,096	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	372.87/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,159	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,162	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	424.63/cwt	420.00–426.00	1,631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,249	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,259	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	378.71/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,954	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,702	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	667	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	371.34/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,634	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	371.24/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,381	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	331.62/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	333.46/cwt	331.00–336.00	1,934	4
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	543	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,499	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	120.60/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,223	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	153.57/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,317	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	148.24/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,909	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	137.73/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,622	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	86.70/cwt	80.00–100.00	903	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	148.66/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,120	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,161	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	155.40/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,214	2
Bulls	—	—	2,060	186.74/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,847	4
Bulls	—	—	1,666	172.74/cwt	164.00–180.00	2,878	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,380	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,613	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	208.15/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,938	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,606	5
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	803	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	279.81/cwt	265.00–300.50	1,903	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	298.95/cwt	295.00–300.50	1,880	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	343.57/cwt	322.50–355.00	1,611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	378.65/cwt	342.50–400.00	1,746	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,072	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	345.53/cwt	327.50–370.00	1,821	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,310	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	497	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	285.21/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,774	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	278.57/cwt	261.00–288.00	1,855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,891	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	330.91/cwt	302.50–334.00	1,959	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,971	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	313.84/cwt	290.00–326.00	1,952	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	354.54/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	348.75/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,336	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	370.54/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,586	8

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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