Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder supply was light to moderate and demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.44/cwt on 93 head, up $7.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 31 comparable sales and sits −15.14 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$449.44

▲ 7.71 vs prior sale

93 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$582

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$118.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.28

vs MO average

−19.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	471.39	2,612	51
Large 1-2	521	470.00	2,449	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	569	425.51	2,419	34
Large 3	576	352.50	2,030	4thin

One grade step is worth $118.89/cwt here — about $582 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

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 sale93 hd

449.44

—

MO average19 barns · 3,475 hd

477.73

−28.28

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

−19.02

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−15.14

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	1,637	216.87	3,549	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,419	188.60	2,676	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	183.04	2,161	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	158.54	1,514	41

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)	1,377	$3,271	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,257	$2,966	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,136	$2,630	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	980	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,363	$3,963	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$3,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	2,922.75/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	505.57/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,179	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,646	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,508	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	235.41/cwt	220.00–245.00	2,420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	445.96/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,426	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	363.37/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,634	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	405.02/cwt	402.50–407.50	2,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,200	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,023	2,424.63/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,425	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	471.89/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,312	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	377.57/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,439	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,225	2,616.87/head	2,550.00–2,700.00	2,617	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	3,326.22/head	3,300.00–3,350.00	3,326	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	355.56/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	415.13/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,395	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,078	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	962	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	442.58/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,102	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	427.39/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,188	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,206	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	384.63/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,269	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,635	4
Bulls	—	—	1,405	195.40/cwt	187.50–208.00	2,745	5
Bulls	—	—	1,722	224.53/cwt	212.00–237.00	3,866	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	161.06/cwt	145.00–176.00	1,537	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	178.33/cwt	161.00–187.00	2,104	30
Bulls	—	—	1,855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	4,452	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,225	3,725.00/head	3,725.00–3,725.00	3,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,500	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	191.87/cwt	187.00–200.00	2,749	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	184.20/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,505	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,020	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	132.44/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,250	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	191.05/cwt	187.00–202.00	2,241	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	180.95/cwt	178.00–184.00	1,797	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,442	3,253.10/head	2,900.00–3,700.00	3,253	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,358	3,063.56/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,064	3
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	521	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,449	4
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	737	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,782	2
Steers	Large 3	550–600	576	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,030	4
Steers	Large 3	750–800	773	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,532	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,220	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,509	2
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,345	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,161	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,288	3,314.75/head	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	486.52/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,525	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	443.97/cwt	433.00–453.00	2,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,032	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	406.05/cwt	402.00–407.50	2,591	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,242	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,385	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	439.22/cwt	417.50–455.00	2,719	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	429.34/cwt	420.00–443.00	2,396	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	484.25/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,266	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	522.23/cwt	512.50–560.00	2,209	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	462.41/cwt	440.00–471.00	2,659	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	397.16/cwt	395.00–401.00	2,796	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,232	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	513.43/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,459	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	415.82/cwt	406.00–440.00	2,832	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	401.20/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,528	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,511	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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