Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter run of calves and feeders sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower without many large groups to push the market. Demand was moderate for a light supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.02/cwt on 99 head, down $12.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −23.30 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$459.02

▼ 12.79 vs prior sale

99 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$16.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.57

vs MO average

−31.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	465.48	2,562	58
Large 1	532	457.50	2,434	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	537	449.27	2,410	38

One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale99 hd

459.02

—

MO average17 barns · 2,174 hd

496.59

−37.57

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−31.81

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−23.30

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	1,874	218.31	4,092	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,567	196.07	3,072	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	171.13	2,105	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	149.00	1,567	6thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$4,300	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,318	$4,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,121	$5,608	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,219	$4,863	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$4,100	4thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2Fleshy	500–550	526	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,170	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	461.23/cwt	420.00–480.00	2,421	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	226	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	459.73/cwt	447.50–470.00	2,602	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	501.72/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,393	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	396.61/cwt	387.50–412.50	2,673	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	407.81/cwt	392.50–412.50	2,692	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	578.16/cwt	552.50–600.00	2,405	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	448.06/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,473	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	472.04/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,237	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	438.77/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,734	12
Steers	Large 1	800–850	808	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	389.49/cwt	386.00–402.50	2,863	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,355	10
Steers	Large 1	500–550	532	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	414.35/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,171	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	530.66/cwt	510.00–552.50	2,027	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	464.41/cwt	427.50–490.00	2,160	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	593.50/cwt	580.00–615.00	2,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	871	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,761	8
Steers	Large 1	600–650	640	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,430	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	365.52/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	699	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	431.98/cwt	427.50–437.50	2,717	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	496.01/cwt	475.00–517.50	2,520	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,089	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,407	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,886	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,305	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	420.72/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,352	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,318	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	149.00/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,567	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	196.07/cwt	193.00–199.00	3,072	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	174.25/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,189	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	154.63/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,874	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	186.31/cwt	182.50–191.00	2,247	4
Bulls	—	—	1,894	218.14/cwt	208.00–228.00	4,132	6
Bulls	—	—	1,640	195.30/cwt	194.00–197.00	3,203	4
Bulls	—	—	2,079	241.59/cwt	230.00–255.00	5,023	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	225.35/cwt	220.00–235.00	2,301	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	275.56/cwt	265.00–287.00	2,612	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,318	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	5,608.33/head	5,500.00–5,750.00	5,608	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	4,862.50/head	4,700.00–5,100.00	4,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	408.51/cwt	387.50–417.50	2,476	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	375.49/cwt	364.00–382.50	2,366	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	638	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	596	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,175	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	497.52/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	434.04/cwt	420.00–447.50	1,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	498.66/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,094	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	450.49/cwt	446.00–457.50	2,086	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	478.71/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,044	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	403.55/cwt	395.00–407.50	2,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	439.99/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,240	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,776	3

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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