Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00-25.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply that included several loads of yearlings and consignments of fancy calves. Buyers were ready to get back to work acquiring some cattle and it made for a snappy sale. Cattle futures were lower for the first time in several trading sessions. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.16/cwt on 357 head, up $23.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 25 comparable sales and sits −8.16 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$474.16

▲ 23.32 vs prior sale

357 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$53.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.11

vs MO average

+7.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	486.84	2,691	272
Medium and Large 1-2	550	433.57	2,383	85

One grade step is worth $53.27/cwt here — about $308 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 sale357 hd

474.16

—

MO average18 barns · 6,903 hd

462.05

+12.11

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+7.83

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−8.16

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	1,672	181.01	3,026	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	158.19	2,366	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	145.74	1,829	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	121.95	1,332	3thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	398.37/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,474	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	389.52/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,053	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	369.44/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,287	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	323.45/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,817	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	480.00/cwt	456.00–492.50	2,722	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	351.20/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,904	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	557.79/cwt	535.00–565.00	2,393	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	415.67/cwt	385.00–426.00	2,797	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	612	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	359.80/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,832	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,988	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	451.20/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,360	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	476.02/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,971	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	490.20/cwt	445.00–510.00	1,882	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	448.72/cwt	422.50–482.50	2,154	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	534.91/cwt	497.50–542.50	2,568	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	352.37/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,329	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	355.28/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,583	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	436.38/cwt	411.00–455.00	2,723	181
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	419	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	377.09/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,734	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	506.76/cwt	463.00–521.00	2,650	83
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	376	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	403.10/cwt	374.00–408.00	2,471	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,106	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,991	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,389	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	460.50/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,805	11
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	718	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,405	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	523	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	369.42/cwt	353.00–390.00	2,501	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	418.66/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,403	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,617	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	364.40/cwt	349.00–365.50	2,656	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	396.30/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,334	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	351.90/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,323	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	377.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,544	22
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	605	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,954	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	716	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	454.60/cwt	430.00–472.50	1,973	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	485.83/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,832	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	424.82/cwt	387.50–443.00	2,247	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	472.22/cwt	442.50–507.50	1,993	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	353.16/cwt	335.00–372.50	2,006	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,157	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	512	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	443.58/cwt	415.00–480.00	2,147	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	407.29/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,918	26
Bulls	—	—	1,795	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,482	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	169.09/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,756	3
Bulls	—	—	1,673	188.60/cwt	185.00–192.00	3,155	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	146.65/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,830	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	144.06/cwt	143.00–145.00	2,074	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,025	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	128.43/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	158.33/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,955	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	138.65/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,769	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	169.00/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,743	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	157.89/cwt	153.00–162.00	2,330	14

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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