Sale reports / Missouri / Windsor Livestock Auction / 2026-05-20

Windsor Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Windsor, Missouri · Wed, May 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1622
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,923 head
377 vs last sale 1,546 672 vs year ago 1,251 · +53.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
80 vs last sale 180 113 vs year ago 213 · 53.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 25 vs year ago 50 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to spots 10.00 higher on those over 600 lb's with the 700-750 lb cattle seeing the full advance. A heavy supply of quality calves and a few loads of yearling heifers found good to very good demand with some top end consignments offered. Cattle futures have been volatile lately but ended Wednesday in the green. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.65/cwt on 193 head, up $16.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 25 comparable sales and sits +12.35 against this barn's trailing median of $427.30.
Average price
$439.65
16.30 vs prior sale
193 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.64
vs MO average
+21.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1506457.502,3157thin
Medium and Large 1539445.152,397137
Medium and Large 1-2541421.752,28349
One grade step is worth $35.75/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale193 hd
439.65
MO average19 barns · 3,934 hd
427.01
+12.64
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+21.39
This barn, trailing median25 sales
427.30
+12.35
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
BullsAverage1,671217.803,6397thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,487204.213,0376thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223195.222,38711
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037167.551,7373thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2750–800752341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,5643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350348610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566399.03/cwt395.00–407.502,25913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618398.62/cwt362.50–404.502,46371
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513457.62/cwt428.00–475.002,34881
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520512.64/cwt477.50–525.002,66685
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650621352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380523.41/cwt502.50–575.001,98910
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850809377.00/cwt377.00–377.003,05014
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473549.12/cwt521.00–578.002,597129
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376570.82/cwt554.00–585.002,14647
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575416.02/cwt411.00–427.502,39230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650611415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,5369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531427.12/cwt404.00–443.002,26831
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627455.82/cwt442.00–467.502,85883
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717419.71/cwt410.00–432.003,00969
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388617.60/cwt588.00–650.002,39649
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750746382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,85063
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,558112
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671438.17/cwt422.50–447.502,94024
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425534.40/cwt502.50–555.002,27195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,133186.75/cwt184.00–192.002,1164
CowsLean 85-90%1,035150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5531
CowsLean 85-90%1,038176.32/cwt175.00–177.501,8302
Bulls1,706221.06/cwt211.00–231.003,7714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,499206.97/cwt202.00–214.003,1024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,463198.69/cwt197.00–200.002,9072
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement550–600576439.89/cwt425.00–465.002,53426
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572480.19/cwt460.00–491.002,747119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609441.46/cwt420.00–457.502,68817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7853
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700669327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424482.07/cwt455.00–510.002,04412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550541447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,4215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527490.33/cwt462.50–497.502,58410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426567.13/cwt550.00–582.502,4168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577462.84/cwt445.00–475.002,67152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,9234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714342.18/cwt338.00–345.002,4435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470472.48/cwt437.50–505.002,22121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475493.35/cwt475.00–507.502,3437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675420.45/cwt410.00–432.502,83813
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800766337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5855
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488469.88/cwt460.00–485.002,29384
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335580.32/cwt567.50–587.501,94411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,108216.87/cwt210.00–225.002,4032
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145218.71/cwt215.00–225.002,5043
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419598.66/cwt560.00–630.002,50823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,1653
Bulls1,483197.67/cwt190.00–204.002,9312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,274200.06/cwt195.00–205.002,5497
Bulls1,905245.00/cwt245.00–245.004,6671
HeifersLarge 1500–550506457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,3157
SteersLarge 1-2600–650604452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,7335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2990277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,7471

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.