Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steer and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were to lightly tested for a trend. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.89/cwt on 315 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −103.42 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$378.89

315 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$55.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs MO average

+0.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	387.40	2,138	221
Medium and Large 1-2	549	366.01	2,009	74
Large 1-2	528	333.33	1,760	9thin
Medium and Large 2	565	331.82	1,874	11thin

One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale315 hd

378.89

—

MO average17 barns · 4,676 hd

383.94

−5.05

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+0.10

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−103.42

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	1,727	190.25	3,285	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	158.17	2,267	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	147.42	1,775	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	130.57	1,275	31

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,301	$2,691	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,073	$2,966	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$2,550	2thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1-2	400–450	428	372.19/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,593	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	427.50/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,389	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	379.69/cwt	342.50–397.00	2,043	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	361.88/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,343	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	381.58/cwt	365.00–391.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	312.62/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,807	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	588	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	522	317.88/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,659	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	348.35/cwt	332.50–380.00	1,658	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	378.78/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,269	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	316.48/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,236	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	656	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	524	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,873	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	301.58/cwt	296.00–309.00	2,021	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	410.53/cwt	397.50–426.00	2,151	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	376.91/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,839	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	336.99/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	449.03/cwt	407.50–460.00	1,778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	483	346.84/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	446.94/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,444	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	422.42/cwt	417.50–455.00	1,394	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	374.42/cwt	358.00–390.00	2,142	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	430.61/cwt	407.50–465.00	2,063	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	330.62/cwt	311.00–336.00	2,050	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	453.14/cwt	417.50–467.50	1,917	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	358.47/cwt	320.00–377.50	1,850	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	406.53/cwt	375.00–427.50	1,716	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	384.17/cwt	362.50–407.50	1,832	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	410.53/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,556	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	356.40/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,220	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	398.61/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,710	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	549	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	328.48/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,902	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	146.07/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,753	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	106.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	946	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,584	1
Bulls	—	—	1,443	169.48/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,446	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	154.77/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,260	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	127.07/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,474	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	772	280.56/cwt	265.00–293.00	2,166	9
Bulls	—	—	1,784	188.92/cwt	175.00–194.00	3,370	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	132.55/cwt	119.00–141.00	1,303	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	161.57/cwt	158.50–165.00	2,272	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	156.74/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,925	8
Bulls	—	—	1,773	199.14/cwt	195.00–205.00	3,531	11
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	736	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,142	8
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	805	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,310	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,073	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,307	3
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	528	333.33/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,760	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	944	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,209	4
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	864	258.47/cwt	254.00–264.00	2,233	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	2,966.03/head	2,875.00–3,025.00	2,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	356.95/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,070	35
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	378	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	519	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,541	4
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	317.48/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,095	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	472	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	315.04/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,465	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	508	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,649	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,301	2,690.86/head	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	317.24/cwt	317.00–317.50	2,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	323.14/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,991	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	398.97/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,006	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	308.39/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	574	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	344.12/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,992	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	302.51/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,643	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	433	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	3

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.

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