Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold firm to 8.00 higher. The best test was on a nice offering of 6 weight cattle. Demand was good to very good for a light supply on a hot day. Slaughter cows sold with a firm to higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.17/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −38.14 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$444.17

47 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$64.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.56

vs MO average

+44.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	449.42	2,519	41
Large 1	580	420.00	2,436	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	385.00	2,156	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.42/cwt here — about $363 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 sale47 hd

444.17

—

MO average11 barns · 905 hd

413.62

+30.56

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+44.28

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−38.14

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	1,793	199.22	3,572	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	179.70	2,643	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	167.25	2,105	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	141.67	1,512	4thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	700–750	705	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,432	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	474.40/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,472	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	392.57/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	341.94/cwt	333.00–353.00	2,335	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	350.60/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,857	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	374.39/cwt	364.00–382.50	2,130	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	448.05/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,949	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	379.54/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,475	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	415.58/cwt	400.00–420.75	2,768	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	409.02/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,585	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	439.08/cwt	425.00–462.50	2,533	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,998	7
Bulls	—	—	1,635	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,698	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,224	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	177.86/cwt	174.00–182.00	2,380	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	162.70/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,993	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	182.32/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,824	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	177.07/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	485	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	387.38/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,688	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	413.87/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	490.00/cwt	477.50–502.50	2,342	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	373.51/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,775	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	398.03/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,245	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	369.00/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,295	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	490.96/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,720	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	613	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,559	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,266	3
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	394	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	402.27/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,454	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	416.94/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	443.33/cwt	427.50–457.50	2,150	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	145.56/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,536	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,437	1
Bulls	—	—	1,808	205.94/cwt	203.50–208.00	3,723	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	541	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,232	4
Steers	Large 1	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	4
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	857	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,820	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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