Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, steer calves under 500 lb's were lightly tested but sold with a lower undertone while steers over 500 lb's sold mostly 10.00-20.00 lower. Heifers sold uneven with the calves being the exception and bright spot selling 3.00-15.00 higher, heifers over 550 lbs sold 7.00-20.00 lower. The last two weeks have provided mostly negative news to the cattle market with the closing of a major plant and war in the Middle East causing the board and fed cattle to trade lower. The grazing type cattle and lighter calves have held up better than the yearlings headed straight to the feedyard. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply that consisted of mostly long weaned yearling type cattle. A highlight was two loads of fancy 7 weight heifers selling in one crack. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-10.00 lower with the fleshier cows holding up the best, bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.34/cwt on 176 head, down $31.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 25 comparable sales and sits −13.96 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.

Average price

$413.34

▼ 31.69 vs prior sale

176 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$74.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.50

vs MO average

−0.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	434.17	2,321	62
Large 1	527	432.50	2,279	8thin
Medium and Large 2	507	410.00	2,079	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	400.73	2,234	96
Medium 1-2	588	360.00	2,117	4thin

One grade step is worth $74.17/cwt here — about $205 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

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 sale176 hd

413.34

—

MO average18 barns · 1,613 hd

412.85

+0.50

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−0.44

This barn, trailing median25 sales

427.30

−13.96

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	—	Low	1,794	209.02	3,749	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	173.72	2,568	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	149.69	1,805	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	136.74	1,355	8thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1	850–900	856	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,666	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	387.03/cwt	370.00–417.50	2,241	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	375.50/cwt	361.00–390.00	2,535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,716	4
Steers	Large 1	650–700	655	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	545.67/cwt	527.50–560.00	2,352	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	404.59/cwt	389.00–414.00	2,456	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	346.89/cwt	343.00–356.00	2,546	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	394.57/cwt	385.00–404.00	2,261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	445.16/cwt	425.00–462.00	2,564	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,982	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	413.92/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,343	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	502.95/cwt	484.00–519.00	2,630	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	428.97/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,651	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	427.83/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,653	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	467.33/cwt	442.50–495.00	2,496	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	519.16/cwt	514.00–522.50	2,258	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	464	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	358.16/cwt	354.00–362.00	2,786	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	410.87/cwt	398.00–423.00	2,745	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	449.11/cwt	446.00–453.00	2,605	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	324.67/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,831	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	565.38/cwt	555.00–575.00	2,228	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	521.70/cwt	502.50–527.50	2,457	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	345.09/cwt	335.00–353.00	2,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	389.27/cwt	388.00–395.00	2,842	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	682.50/cwt	682.50–682.50	2,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	353.73/cwt	350.50–357.00	2,922	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,313	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,165	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,100	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	130.35/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,307	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	165.13/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,105	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	152.35/cwt	149.00–160.00	1,782	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	138.87/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,371	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	178.51/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,612	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	170.53/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,537	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	143.75/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,734	7
Bulls	—	—	1,450	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,581	1
Bulls	—	—	1,889	226.28/cwt	218.00–231.00	4,274	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,373	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	255.70/cwt	250.00–262.00	2,424	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	287.27/cwt	275.00–300.00	2,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,526	9
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	619	381.49/cwt	356.00–387.50	2,361	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	686	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,247	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	405.93/cwt	397.50–411.00	2,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	671	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,302	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	351.01/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,253	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,239	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	439.63/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,339	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	458.75/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	588	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,117	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	474.48/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,244	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	513.05/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,160	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	341.28/cwt	336.00–352.50	2,276	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	387.40/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,220	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	539.78/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,814	4
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	527	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	549.66/cwt	510.00–585.00	2,072	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	422.95/cwt	406.00–435.00	2,225	36
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	475	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,173	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	688	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	476.97/cwt	472.50–482.50	2,094	9

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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