Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with a few spots higher. Heavier weights sold steady but on a light offering of yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand good to very good with a large attendance. Supply was light. Overall, This week's feeder offering had improved quality and condition compared to last Thursday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.73/cwt on 65 head, up $10.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 31 comparable sales and sits −22.85 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$441.73

▲ 10.55 vs prior sale

65 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$104.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.86

vs MO average

−17.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	493.17	2,520	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	436.03	2,374	53
Medium and Large 2	567	388.26	2,201	3thin

One grade step is worth $104.91/cwt here — about $319 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 sale65 hd

441.73

—

MO average16 barns · 2,956 hd

470.60

−28.86

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−17.32

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−22.85

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	1,671	220.38	3,681	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	184.66	2,619	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	181.26	2,152	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	163.45	1,678	18

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,124	$3,433	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,348	$3,213	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,201	$2,829	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,001	$2,258	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	650	$2,750	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	387.16/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,246	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	397.35/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,130	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	474.75/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,222	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	394.40/cwt	393.00–395.00	2,453	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	521.93/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	363.89/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,245	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	446.89/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	526	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	552	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,401	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	532.22/cwt	515.00–560.00	2,214	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	493.17/cwt	460.00–515.00	2,520	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	517.25/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	232	694.10/cwt	680.00–720.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	597.61/cwt	580.00–605.00	1,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	488.50/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,076	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	455.29/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,163	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	504.01/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,880	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	523.23/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	396.23/cwt	391.00–398.00	2,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	655.65/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	606.57/cwt	575.00–621.00	2,202	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	699.58/cwt	680.00–705.00	2,029	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,058	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,920	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	186.88/cwt	184.00–192.00	2,734	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	180.21/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,395	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,080	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,344	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	166.60/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,104	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	187.25/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,273	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	166.99/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,672	14
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	650	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,155	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,876	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	250.29/cwt	248.00–253.00	5,006	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	227.64/cwt	225.00–232.00	3,153	3
Bulls	—	—	2,330	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	4,171	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	151.05/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,686	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	178.55/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,109	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,121	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,870	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,379	3,272.25/head	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,272	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,285	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,397	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,190	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,309	1
Bulls	—	—	1,804	209.75/cwt	206.00–214.00	3,784	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	252.23/cwt	240.00–277.50	2,775	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,730	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	2,756.37/head	2,725.00–2,800.00	2,756	5
Steers	Medium 3	350–400	352	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,584	5
Steers	Medium 3	450–500	451	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,804	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2Broken Mouth	—	960	2,177.08/head	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,172	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth	—	1,125	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	362.28/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	388.26/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	691	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,398	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	800–850	835	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	797	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	389.81/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	408.29/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,401	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	365.36/cwt	364.50–366.00	2,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	413.51/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	519.06/cwt	510.00–570.00	2,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	427.05/cwt	420.00–433.00	2,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	445.18/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,355	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	501.79/cwt	492.50–510.00	2,183	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	451.22/cwt	442.50–470.00	2,179	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	468.42/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,550	6

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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