Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher with most of the gain on the calves under 600 lbs. A few larger drafts of 450 lb heifers sold up to 20.00 higher. Demand was good for the last sale of the year with some nice groups of bred heifers and cows offered after the calves. Supply was moderate. There hasn't been much new information to move the market either way so far this week and things are starting to wind down for the year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.84/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −31.47 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$450.84

187 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$46.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.92

vs MO average

+6.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	463.69	2,546	135
Large 1	570	417.50	2,380	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	417.48	2,224	48

One grade step is worth $46.22/cwt here — about $322 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 sale187 hd

450.84

—

MO average20 barns · 3,797 hd

430.92

+19.92

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+6.74

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−31.47

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	1,817	201.96	3,670	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	159.67	2,467	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	152.44	1,681	2thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,157	$3,831	19
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,378	$3,482	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,362	$2,645	8
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,094	$3,866	73
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	910	$3,050	5

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,093	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	5
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	750–800	764	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,101	4
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	583	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,376	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	457.19/cwt	437.50–475.00	2,213	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	449.06/cwt	422.50–467.50	2,569	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	740	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	543.26/cwt	505.00–565.00	2,265	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	530.45/cwt	492.50–545.00	2,451	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	479.49/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,537	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	392.31/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,613	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	379.64/cwt	362.50–390.00	2,445	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	364.47/cwt	349.00–375.00	2,486	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	339.49/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,665	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	405.50/cwt	382.50–425.00	2,307	18
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	468	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	471.76/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	424.66/cwt	387.50–450.00	2,170	30
Steers	Large 1	450–500	469	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	416.31/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,610	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	361.47/cwt	352.00–377.50	2,678	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	399.61/cwt	392.50–402.00	2,066	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	469.89/cwt	465.00–482.50	2,321	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	686	2,505.78/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,506	21
Steers	Large 1	550–600	570	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,380	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,681	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	159.67/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,467	6
Bulls	—	—	1,844	205.95/cwt	199.00–213.00	3,798	4
Bulls	—	—	1,710	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,181	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,404	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,317	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	3,482.14/head	3,200.00–4,100.00	3,482	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	3,812.47/head	3,600.00–4,000.00	3,812	15
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	1,011	3,676.11/head	3,550.00–3,800.00	3,676	18
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,179	4,167.88/head	4,125.00–4,325.00	4,168	41
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	910	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	950	3,225.53/head	3,100.00–3,350.00	3,226	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,164	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	2,645.24/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	358.25/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,239	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	436.29/cwt	417.50–442.50	1,850	15
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	491	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	384.18/cwt	374.00–388.00	2,217	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	335.55/cwt	331.00–341.00	2,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	364.10/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,410	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	374.52/cwt	367.00–379.00	2,333	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	441.75/cwt	415.00–467.50	1,665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	372.91/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,965	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	398.12/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,915	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	447.88/cwt	432.50–472.50	2,092	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,926	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	446.23/cwt	432.50–457.50	1,941	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	496.43/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,847	32

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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