Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly steady on a light supply, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with a few spots 15.00 higher. Demand was good. The offering did include a good supply of replacement 2nd and 3rd period bred heifers and bred cows to take back home. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher, high dressing bulls sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. The top slaughter bull today crossed the scales at 267.00/cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.56/cwt on 102 head, up $9.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 30 comparable sales and sits +4.72 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$418.56

▲ 9.67 vs prior sale

102 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$43.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.41

vs MO average

+0.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	423.56	2,298	85
Medium and Large 1-2	557	405.56	2,257	9thin
Medium and Large 2	570	380.10	2,165	8thin

One grade step is worth $43.46/cwt here — about $134 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.02, low $391.83, median $413.84 across 30 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 sale102 hd

418.56

—

MO average20 barns · 4,083 hd

425.97

−7.41

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+0.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

+4.72

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	1,604	225.66	3,619	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	188.38	2,769	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,179	184.98	2,182	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	164.44	1,639	54

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)	1,214	$2,733	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,308	$2,721	23
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,070	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,273	$2,250	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,118	$3,932	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,585	$5,000	5
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$4,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 lots · USDA AMS · Wheeler Livestock Auction - Cattle Auction - Osceola, 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 1-2	500–550	540	460.21/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	561.18/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,402	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	475.01/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,437	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,300	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	436.77/cwt	432.50–447.00	2,267	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	546.13/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,026	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	359.04/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	763	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	460.62/cwt	453.00–477.50	2,197	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	416.80/cwt	404.00–429.00	2,326	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	410.07/cwt	402.50–420.00	2,604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	508.78/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	518.26/cwt	516.00–520.00	2,368	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,095	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,091	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	496.55/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	573.15/cwt	555.00–595.00	1,834	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	433.81/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,860	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	4,350.00/head	4,350.00–4,350.00	4,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	470.78/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,655	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,068	2,097.66/head	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,098	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,225	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,361	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,386	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	125.72/cwt	107.50–140.00	1,207	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	190.43/cwt	186.00–200.00	2,851	43
Bulls	—	—	1,372	189.78/cwt	181.00–196.00	2,604	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	191.40/cwt	185.00–203.00	2,253	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,144	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	182.62/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,819	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,585	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	164.18/cwt	147.00–179.00	1,640	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	176.77/cwt	162.00–185.00	2,081	53
Bulls	—	—	1,600	227.86/cwt	213.00–239.00	3,646	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	181.02/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,484	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,190	209.37/cwt	205.00–214.00	2,492	7
Bulls	—	—	1,842	257.89/cwt	250.00–267.00	4,750	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	3,234.60/head	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,235	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	773	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,651	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,320	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,389	2,852.51/head	2,600.00–3,350.00	2,853	13
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,533	3,059.99/head	3,025.00–3,100.00	3,060	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,050	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,996	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,758.25/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,758	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,523	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,236	2,664.30/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,664	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,048	2,381.38/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,233	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	391.64/cwt	384.50–400.00	2,604	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	386.19/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	929	294.17/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	493.58/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,374	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	498.22/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,848	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	349.46/cwt	343.00–360.00	2,380	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	373.40/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	413.87/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,545	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,326	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	430.97/cwt	421.00–445.00	2,517	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,696	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	2

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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