Name: Windsor Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady overall. The supply was moderate this week with good demand. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm with the high yielding bulls selling 5.00 to 10.00 higher over last weeks comparable bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.93/cwt on 167 head, down $4.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 25 comparable sales and sits −4.38 against this barn's trailing median of $482.31.

Average price

$477.93

▼ 4.38 vs prior sale

167 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$384

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

$81.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.02

vs MO average

+18.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	493.77	2,653	101
Medium 1-2	560	457.50	2,562	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	455.54	2,519	59
Medium and Large 2	550	412.50	2,269	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.27/cwt here — about $384 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 sale167 hd

477.93

—

MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd

465.91

+12.02

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+18.74

This barn, trailing median25 sales

482.31

−4.38

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	1,972	236.83	4,669	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	177.29	2,602	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	170.55	2,064	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	150.07	1,516	29

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,318	$3,581	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	928	$3,128	4thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,360	3,571.69/head	3,500.00–3,650.00	3,572	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	153.58/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,858	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	172.36/cwt	159.00–182.00	2,084	19
Bulls	—	—	1,495	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,751	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,309	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	133.15/cwt	128.00–137.50	1,225	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	177.66/cwt	171.00–182.00	2,624	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	190.34/cwt	184.00–200.00	2,741	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	162.48/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	454.97/cwt	432.50–460.00	2,848	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	635.16/cwt	620.00–660.00	1,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	437.11/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,885	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	411.77/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,504	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	494.96/cwt	480.00–517.50	2,569	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	554.78/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,330	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	555.93/cwt	542.50–560.00	1,990	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	684	344.12/cwt	331.00–357.50	2,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,121	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	476.08/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,242	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	409.65/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	539.81/cwt	512.50–550.00	2,111	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	450.18/cwt	437.50–470.00	2,314	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	492.34/cwt	467.50–502.50	2,752	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	380.90/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,792	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	415.08/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,167	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	395.18/cwt	392.50–398.00	2,276	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	446.99/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,137	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	462.22/cwt	432.50–482.50	2,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	447.69/cwt	396.00–462.50	2,570	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	491.87/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,400	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	554.43/cwt	545.00–570.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	466.39/cwt	452.50–475.00	2,486	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	516.63/cwt	480.00–535.00	1,994	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	495.33/cwt	465.00–530.00	2,155	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	669	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	408.21/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	396.78/cwt	395.00–397.50	2,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,639	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	234.29/cwt	202.00–265.00	2,467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	518.08/cwt	510.00–529.00	2,487	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	469.57/cwt	455.00–488.00	2,216	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,192	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,630	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	560	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,562	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	561	414.08/cwt	412.00–417.50	2,323	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	3,128.03/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,128	4
Bulls	—	—	2,035	231.83/cwt	220.00–240.00	4,718	3
Bulls	—	—	2,067	259.43/cwt	257.00–261.00	5,362	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	153.59/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,580	24

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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