Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2025-11-12

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Nov 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
608 head
1,427 vs last sale 2,035 1,673 vs year ago 2,281 · 73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
147 vs last sale 0 40 vs year ago 187 · 21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 30 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply that included some fancy groups of weaned calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower except for the higher dressing cows selling 5.00-7.00 lower than last weeks highs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.66/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 65.66 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.
Average price
$416.66
68 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,270
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.45
vs MO average
8.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552423.642,33839
Large 1-2506420.002,1259thin
Medium and Large 1-2549401.542,20420
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $135 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
538496454412median 482.3112/1702/1804/1505/2708/12
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 sale68 hd
416.66
MO average20 barns · 3,357 hd
396.21
+20.45
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−8.21
This barn, trailing median25 sales
482.31
−65.66
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,719186.023,1974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,624159.882,59619
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,260147.381,85723
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,060122.371,2975thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600562335.72/cwt325.00–352.501,88711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650632345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650642352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657349.21/cwt331.00–367.502,2944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550513354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350343412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4755
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488446.77/cwt432.50–455.002,18029
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479413.65/cwt402.50–420.001,9818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735338.92/cwt335.00–350.002,49111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600599370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550549355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9494
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600591380.98/cwt365.00–385.002,25234
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,2528
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427442.34/cwt390.00–472.501,88921
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750708337.72/cwt336.00–340.002,3917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432415.72/cwt400.00–445.001,7966
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660381.61/cwt377.50–385.002,51918
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450445482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,14715
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372473.94/cwt462.00–500.001,76310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493150.17/cwt147.00–156.002,2425
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305136.59/cwt134.00–140.001,7823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,362156.35/cwt154.00–159.002,1293
CowsLean 85-90%1,060105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1131
Bulls1,420165.54/cwt165.00–166.002,3512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,5811
HeifersLarge 1-2350–400357430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,234147.70/cwt142.00–154.001,82317
Bulls2,450217.00/cwt217.00–217.005,3171
Bulls1,585196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,1071
CowsLean 85-90%1,060126.71/cwt120.00–133.001,3434
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,679163.14/cwt158.00–166.002,73913
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,308160.44/cwt140.00–170.002,0995
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800768346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,65714
SteersMedium 1-2450–500476335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5955
SteersLarge 1-2500–550506420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1259
HeifersLarge 1-2450–500453402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8235
SteersLarge 1-2350–400375405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462395.29/cwt377.50–412.501,82614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482428.64/cwt422.50–435.002,0664
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622395.59/cwt385.00–407.502,46122
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516413.88/cwt400.00–432.502,13634
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,163164.92/cwt160.00–168.001,9184
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005211.41/cwt206.00–217.502,1252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650624376.01/cwt372.50–382.502,34611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,6816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522420.83/cwt405.00–430.002,19713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500482365.48/cwt362.50–367.501,7625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600598360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523383.97/cwt362.50–402.502,00812
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350334480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6034
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563418.77/cwt404.00–426.002,35831

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.