Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2026-02-25

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, Feb 25
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,225 head
253 vs last sale 1,478 1,203 vs year ago 2,428 · 49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
20 vs last sale 93 67 vs year ago 180 · 37.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 5 vs year ago 15 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady despite not quite reaching some of the highs achieved on last week's bigger run. However, some replacement quality heifers sold with a higher undertone with a square load of 665 lb heifers @ 442.5 particularly impressive. Supply was moderate and included some stand out consignments of grazing cattle that are still finding excellent demand as grass buyers finish up. Overall, demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, bulls 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.03/cwt on 126 head, up $10.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +17.73 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.
Average price
$445.03
10.90 vs prior sale
126 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,457
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.70
vs MO average
+14.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551456.852,51690
Large 1584420.002,4536thin
Medium and Large 1-2550414.602,28130
One grade step is worth $42.24/cwt here — about $235 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
462430398366median 427.3012/1702/1804/1505/2708/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.60, low $380.31, median $427.30 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 sale126 hd
445.03
MO average19 barns · 2,681 hd
430.33
+14.70
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
+14.62
This barn, trailing median25 sales
427.30
+17.73
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
BullsAverage1,829208.273,80914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509168.502,54317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249155.731,94635
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059142.091,50414

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,6903
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500487456.67/cwt432.50–475.002,22430
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750733404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,96113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550530405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1473
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800777355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7587
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500498470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3413
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700657407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,6773
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500457422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567452.06/cwt427.50–480.002,56312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700664422.88/cwt402.00–437.502,8089
SteersMedium 1-2650–700670332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300294610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,7934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800792361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,8593
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650613445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,7289
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6865
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617473.62/cwt450.00–485.002,922104
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586483.67/cwt464.00–497.502,83454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350327555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8155
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532510.99/cwt485.00–530.002,71823
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670440.83/cwt422.50–460.002,9548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533448.67/cwt430.00–487.502,39114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450429544.94/cwt540.00–550.002,33810
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421592.81/cwt580.00–595.002,49613
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850803371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,9796
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8914
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900852360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,0673
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650614385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700670377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,5296
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750712372.87/cwt370.00–375.002,6557
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850846285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500467490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700662407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,6983
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533182.94/cwt180.00–186.002,8044
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515170.30/cwt164.00–175.002,5809
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244163.70/cwt156.00–173.002,03618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255147.30/cwt138.00–156.001,84917
CowsLean 85-90%885124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0971
CowsLean 85-90%1,135157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,7881
CowsLean 85-90%1,067142.31/cwt136.00–155.001,51812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,471150.02/cwt144.00–154.002,2074
Bulls1,717204.64/cwt199.00–210.003,5148
Bulls1,645180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9611
Bulls2,044219.73/cwt209.00–233.004,4915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095180.58/cwt175.00–186.001,9773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369494.90/cwt490.00–500.001,8266
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535457.93/cwt435.00–460.002,45047
HeifersLarge 1550–600584420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4536
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950948310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,9394
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568455.66/cwt450.00–467.502,58843
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618433.25/cwt390.00–438.002,677100
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618396.56/cwt390.00–405.002,45127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737353.99/cwt353.00–355.002,6096
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,5365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423470.64/cwt457.50–480.001,9915
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323562.49/cwt520.00–610.001,8178
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450443496.44/cwt480.00–499.002,19915
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380510.73/cwt500.00–515.001,94110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524421.86/cwt412.50–427.502,21116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580406.31/cwt392.50–425.002,35714
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500456425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9385
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700665442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,94384
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750725376.26/cwt374.00–382.502,72814

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.