Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared from the previous sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply. Due to winter weather this past two weeks and colder temps in the area, consignors are projected to sell in next weeks sale with the warmer temps and dryer conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.17/cwt on 115 head, up $14.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 25 comparable sales and sits +7.86 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$490.17

▲ 14.34 vs prior sale

115 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$571

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

$80.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.33

vs MO average

+7.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	497.65	2,760	101
Medium and Large 1-2	574	455.49	2,615	7thin
Medium and Large 2	525	417.00	2,189	7thin

One grade step is worth $80.65/cwt here — about $571 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 sale115 hd

490.17

—

MO average16 barns · 2,124 hd

485.84

+4.33

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+7.14

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

+7.86

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	—	Average	1,579	187.21	2,956	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,546	172.33	2,664	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	164.79	2,027	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	136.86	1,375	12

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,505	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,318	$2,850	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,435	$2,800	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$2,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1Replacement	700–750	729	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,719	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	537.76/cwt	515.00–565.00	1,834	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,189	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	411.51/cwt	402.50–418.00	2,531	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	522.41/cwt	507.50–530.00	1,980	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	535.97/cwt	497.50–545.00	2,642	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	455.49/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	686	395.04/cwt	394.00–397.50	2,710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	344.01/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	403.84/cwt	397.50–409.00	2,730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	403.88/cwt	387.50–422.50	2,520	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	504.26/cwt	490.00–527.50	2,662	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	372.68/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,071	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,129	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	494.58/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,804	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	530.26/cwt	517.50–540.00	2,317	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	401.30/cwt	401.00–402.50	2,829	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,087	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	690	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	376.22/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,581	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	449.99/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,772	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	644	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	414.74/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,389	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	497.20/cwt	482.50–507.50	2,088	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	643	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	527	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,174	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	343.11/cwt	332.50–365.00	2,364	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	143.68/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,489	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	158.88/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,970	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	169.28/cwt	163.00–176.00	1,718	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	164.53/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,369	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	174.28/cwt	169.00–185.00	2,740	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	172.61/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,095	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	111.94/cwt	92.50–122.50	1,090	5
Bulls	—	—	1,460	189.02/cwt	179.00–198.00	2,760	3
Bulls	—	—	1,480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,368	1
Bulls	—	—	2,035	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	4,253	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,716	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	850	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,052	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,071	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	376.80/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,340	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	455.98/cwt	447.50–472.50	2,184	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	340.59/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	398.68/cwt	397.50–399.00	2,611	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	334.14/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,633	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	420.83/cwt	412.50–432.50	2,007	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	493.29/cwt	487.50–497.50	1,884	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	474.28/cwt	462.50–480.00	1,769	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,096	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,363	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	451.23/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,392	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	358.54/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,926	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	401.82/cwt	380.00–407.50	2,190	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,997	20

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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