Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good for a light supply. Cattle futures plummeted Wednesday, with most contracts limit down following Trump's comments on his desire to lower beef prices. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.92/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −44.39 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$437.92

120 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$15.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.67

vs MO average

−20.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	441.84	2,456	90
Medium and Large 1-2	548	426.17	2,337	30

One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about $119 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 sale120 hd

437.92

—

MO average18 barns · 2,272 hd

431.25

+6.67

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−20.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−44.39

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	1,698	184.90	3,139	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	171.28	2,511	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	165.88	2,018	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	128.38	1,300	9thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	702	374.46/cwt	362.50–382.50	2,629	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	402.19/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,498	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	380.05/cwt	367.50–405.00	2,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	441.88/cwt	425.00–452.00	2,068	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	471.04/cwt	457.50–477.50	1,804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	458.89/cwt	447.50–462.50	1,978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	462.25/cwt	440.00–485.50	2,413	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	422.40/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,615	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	406.40/cwt	378.00–420.00	2,711	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	475.13/cwt	462.50–485.00	2,224	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	366.15/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,336	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	406.34/cwt	392.50–420.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,981	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	166.79/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,260	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	166.22/cwt	151.00–169.00	2,016	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	143.56/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,657	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	173.38/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,155	14
Bulls	—	—	2,038	198.86/cwt	195.00–202.00	4,053	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	136.02/cwt	122.50–142.00	1,402	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	410.29/cwt	398.00–422.50	2,343	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	429.42/cwt	421.00–439.00	2,486	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	396.52/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,907	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	436.71/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,878	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	450.28/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,164	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	433.64/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,290	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,592	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	383.16/cwt	357.50–410.00	2,027	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	184.91/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	432.22/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,044	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,995	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	411.24/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,422	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	178.01/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,907	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	113.10/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,105	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	189.25/cwt	180.00–196.00	3,463	5
Bulls	—	—	1,250	168.33/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,535	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,009	177.07/cwt	170.00–186.00	1,787	27

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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