Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold their monthly special replacement cow sale this Saturday afternoon, May 30th at 4pm. Several hundred cow calf pairs, bred heifers, bred cows, and breeding bulls are on site for the sale.

Compared to last week's market, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, the more attractive weaned/vaccinated calves sold up to 10.00 higher in spots. 600 to 700 lb steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower than last week. Demand was good on a moderate to good supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.75/cwt on 170 head, down $9.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 31 comparable sales and sits −7.84 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$456.75

▼ 9.85 vs prior sale

170 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$60.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

vs MO average

−3.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	483.14	2,572	79
Medium and Large 1-2	569	435.79	2,480	77
Medium and Large 2	566	423.09	2,395	14thin

One grade step is worth $60.04/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.41, low $408.73, median $464.59 across 31 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 sale170 hd

456.75

—

MO average8 barns · 873 hd

459.58

−2.83

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−3.62

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−7.84

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	—	High	1,627	230.23	3,745	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	185.40	2,733	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	180.81	2,178	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	164.48	1,661	53

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)	1,289	$3,152	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$3,100	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,089	$2,954	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,240	$2,643	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,180	$2,494	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$2,475	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$3,050	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$2,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	772	$2,800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	572	388.31/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,221	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	446.68/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,082	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	510.80/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,350	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	396.14/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,246	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	337.45/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	392.38/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,492	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	496.91/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,306	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	488.53/cwt	484.00–500.00	2,565	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	403.56/cwt	397.50–410.00	2,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	473.60/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,235	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	613.03/cwt	610.00–615.00	2,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	468.00/cwt	461.00–475.00	2,672	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	567.14/cwt	555.00–585.00	2,314	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	420.39/cwt	410.00–429.00	2,400	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	486.38/cwt	480.00–497.50	2,101	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	425.95/cwt	421.50–440.00	2,679	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	447.13/cwt	441.00–452.50	2,303	91
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,166	2,486.76/head	2,250.00–2,825.00	2,487	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	395.95/cwt	391.00–405.00	2,431	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	578.07/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,879	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	391.52/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,647	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,178	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	258.59/cwt	240.00–300.00	2,736	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	477.68/cwt	477.00–480.00	2,427	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	605	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,656	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,170	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,392	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	248.78/cwt	217.00–285.00	2,600	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	166.81/cwt	145.00–180.00	1,703	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	189.99/cwt	187.00–196.00	2,812	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	180.81/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,654	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	190.20/cwt	186.50–194.00	2,298	16
Bulls	—	—	1,856	251.43/cwt	249.00–259.00	4,667	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	137.99/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,304	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,409	2,860.08/head	2,685.00–3,025.00	2,860	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	160.47/cwt	160.00–161.00	2,155	2
Bulls	—	—	1,583	200.50/cwt	200.00–201.00	3,174	2
Bulls	—	—	1,509	225.06/cwt	207.00–247.00	3,396	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	177.28/cwt	162.00–184.50	2,117	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	183.34/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,797	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	772	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	918	2,573.57/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,574	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	865	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	865	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,290	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,470	3,314.29/head	2,800.00–3,700.00	3,314	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	3,156.71/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,157	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,777.96/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,778	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	2,954.42/head	2,700.00–3,400.00	2,954	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	819	321.97/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	490.99/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,367	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	412.76/cwt	411.00–415.00	2,415	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	2,359.62/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	345.15/cwt	343.00–346.00	2,647	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	431.33/cwt	417.50–445.00	2,480	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	441.69/cwt	437.50–448.00	2,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	406.91/cwt	392.50–417.00	2,572	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	562.83/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,144	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	387.77/cwt	379.00–397.50	2,602	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	428.28/cwt	422.00–433.00	2,223	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	466.07/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,060	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,366	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	525.83/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,314	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	456.26/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,468	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	372.06/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,333	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	510.75/cwt	495.00–517.50	1,977	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	475.24/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,433	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	367.09/cwt	366.00–368.00	2,592	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	568.25/cwt	530.00–615.00	2,131	11

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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