Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.04/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −113.27 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$369.04

132 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$40.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.78

vs MO average

+0.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	373.34	2,053	106
Large 1	552	370.45	2,044	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	585	338.38	1,979	13thin
Medium and Large 2	515	333.00	1,715	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.34/cwt here — about $338 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 sale132 hd

369.04

—

MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd

368.27

+0.78

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.03

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−113.27

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	1,673	177.71	2,974	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,415	152.98	2,165	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,175	141.99	1,669	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	967	112.82	1,091	23

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,220	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	400–450	430	413.21/cwt	398.00–427.50	1,777	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	3
Steers	Large 1	550–600	583	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	310.79/cwt	292.50–337.50	1,958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	402.26/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,557	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	360.95/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,718	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	341.72/cwt	339.00–349.00	1,992	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	371.20/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,576	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	368.70/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,766	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	324.53/cwt	308.00–342.50	2,191	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	306.10/cwt	304.00–312.50	2,182	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	350.16/cwt	347.00–353.00	2,199	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	399.30/cwt	382.00–408.00	1,925	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,140	3
Steers	Large 1	600–650	604	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	373.01/cwt	350.00–384.00	2,126	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	380.42/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,986	38
Steers	Large 1	500–550	540	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	280.18/cwt	260.00–296.00	1,919	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,834	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	310	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,139	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,559	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	73.74/cwt	72.50–75.00	647	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	92.91/cwt	75.00–109.00	849	4
Bulls	—	—	1,819	189.46/cwt	185.00–194.00	3,446	7
Bulls	—	—	1,560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,340	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	155.21/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,221	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	125.21/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,442	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	122.10/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,209	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	150.01/cwt	148.00–151.00	2,091	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	150.21/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,798	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	138.89/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,613	18
Bulls	—	—	1,594	175.02/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,790	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	3,275.00/head	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,275	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	618	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	655	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	495	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	306.09/cwt	292.50–321.00	1,904	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	412.11/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,558	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	586	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	327.65/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,838	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	495	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,314	6
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	600	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	330.73/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,449	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	422.45/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	339.20/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,764	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	385.78/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,616	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,989	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	407	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	460	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,587	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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