Windsor Livestock Auction Market Report

Windsor, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 24, 2023

2,704 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $256.21/cwt +2.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,472/hd at 575 lb · 134 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $266.80/cwt +5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,411/hd at 529 lb · 100 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $277.26/cwt +9.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,330/hd at 480 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,704	2,820	2,132
Feeder cattle	2,256	2,382	1,777
Slaughter cattle	398	388	300
Replacement cattle	50	50	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold firm to 6.00 higher, except for the 400-500 lb weight range selling 8.00-13.00 higher with the most advance on the heifers. Demand was good to very good for an offering of mostly weaned calves. Supply was moderate. There is a large jump in price between the May and August feeder cattle contracts, near $30.00/cwt, and as we draw nearer to the summer contracts, it is pushing calf prices higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343–349	347	6	265.00–280.00	$269.94	$937	—
358–397	374	12	270.00–291.00	$283.41	$1,060	+11.48
400–443	424	34	262.50–290.00	$275.06	$1,166	+5.98
438	438	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,086	-21.08
458 fancy	458	3	296.00	$296.00	$1,356	—
470	470	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,213	-10.75
451–498	481	88	266.00–288.00	$277.72	$1,336	+19.43
525–529 unweaned	528	11	245.00–250.00	$249.10	$1,315	+3.10
504–549	529	89	260.00–279.00	$268.99	$1,423	+5.50
555–557 fancy	557	9	266.00–276.00	$273.78	$1,525	—
552–591	576	125	251.50–263.00	$254.94	$1,468	+1.59
602–648	622	45	240.00–253.00	$246.45	$1,533	+5.82
650–678	661	30	228.00–244.50	$235.32	$1,555	+2.33
718	718	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,565	-0.28
763–779	777	74	206.00–210.00	$209.52	$1,628	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–344	335	6	255.00–280.00	$262.90	$881	+3.90
426	426	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,052	+6.62
450–495	467	13	246.00–265.00	$251.93	$1,177	-4.44
500–546	517	15	245.00–271.00	$253.67	$1,311	-0.24
550–583	559	15	226.00–252.00	$233.27	$1,304	-1.51
605–628	609	29	235.00–250.00	$244.17	$1,487	+4.62
695	695	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,390	—
734	734	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,541	+6.21
777–794	789	20	190.00–195.00	$193.52	$1,527	—
820–838	828	7	180.00–185.00	$182.17	$1,508	-12.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	—
671–679	676	16	179.00–190.00	$185.22	$1,252	—
712	712	9	188.00	$188.00	$1,339	—
761	761	9	175.00	$175.00	$1,332	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,042	—
456	456	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,044	-23.50
560	560	10	233.00	$233.00	$1,305	+2.90
614	614	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,412	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	13	246.00	$246.00	$1,299	-2.50
554	554	12	257.00	$257.00	$1,424	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	5	227.00	$227.00	$915	—
536	536	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,233	—
637	637	7	181.00	$181.00	$1,153	—
708	708	4	191.00	$191.00	$1,352	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	255.00	$255.00	$969	—
843	843	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,433	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,079	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	334	10	245.00–260.00	$255.28	$853	+13.62
365–399	389	22	254.00–276.00	$260.88	$1,015	+23.48
400–446	428	60	243.00–266.00	$254.16	$1,088	+12.51
410–438 fancy	429	7	268.00–278.00	$272.70	$1,170	—
443	443	5	220.00	$220.00	$975	-21.65
450–499	477	81	237.00–263.00	$249.64	$1,191	+1.29
473–479 fancy	477	8	267.50–269.00	$268.06	$1,279	—
530	530	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,155	-22.20
516–544	532	65	222.50–251.00	$237.45	$1,263	-2.75
554–596	569	93	230.00–243.00	$236.19	$1,344	+4.64
605–630	610	28	216.00–234.50	$229.34	$1,399	+3.24
654–687	678	28	218.50–222.50	$219.60	$1,489	+10.60
716–728	721	8	195.00–208.00	$203.07	$1,464	-7.93
805	805	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,457	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	371	9	210.00–237.50	$221.85	$823	-13.48
412 unweaned	412	7	230.00	$230.00	$948	—
424–443	433	12	235.00–255.00	$243.23	$1,053	+20.75
473–495	487	23	211.00–232.50	$225.75	$1,099	-8.77
502–548	519	15	206.00–227.50	$216.14	$1,122	-4.18
554–580	568	22	210.00–219.00	$215.66	$1,225	+5.63
614–648	623	9	208.00–223.00	$213.83	$1,332	-1.02
668–669	669	10	191.00–203.00	$194.60	$1,302	+4.60
721–725	722	16	184.00–191.00	$190.12	$1,373	+10.12
763	763	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,404	+21.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	7	200.00	$200.00	$696	—
462	462	3	170.00	$170.00	$785	—
603	603	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,025	—
686	686	11	171.00	$171.00	$1,173	—
723	723	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,301	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	14	219.00	$219.00	$1,456	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	3	200.00	$200.00	$976	—
513–545	529	6	197.00–201.00	$199.06	$1,053	—
593	593	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,305	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–435	431	7	155.00–200.00	$174.46	$752	-31.54
678	678	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,254	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,242	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	235.00	$235.00	$787	—
409–423	413	7	240.00–265.00	$247.32	$1,021	-10.68
590	590	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	-14.00
603	603	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,266	—
744	744	5	191.00	$191.00	$1,421	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1400	1167	80-85%	26	92.00–103.50	$98.83	$1,153	+12.87
1160–1260	1215	80-85%	7	103.50–108.00	$105.85	$1,286	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1630	1427	75-80%	13	98.00–108.00	$103.79	$1,481	—
1355–1665	1466	75-80%	7	109.00–114.00	$111.14	$1,629	+22.57

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1020	949	85-90%	9	77.00–88.00	$81.66	$775	+13.16
985–1175	1048	85-90%	3	93.00–96.00	$94.57	$991	+37.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,368	—
1180–1690	1455	5	119.00–128.00	$122.24	$1,779	—
1835–2260	1971	4	133.00–140.00	$136.68	$2,694	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1210	1097	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	116.00–141.00	$126.95	$1,393

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1340	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,342.01

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,575.00–1,610.00	$1,585.00	-115.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.