Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 550 lbs and under sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, heavier weights sold steady to 7.00 higher. Supply was light to moderate with very good demand. Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was a good offering of fancy replacement bred cows in the afternoon cow sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.37/cwt on 92 head, up $19.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 31 comparable sales and sits +4.78 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$469.37

▲ 19.93 vs prior sale

92 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$631

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

$141.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.36

vs MO average

+9.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	506.83	2,639	44
Medium and Large 1-2	556	448.63	2,495	39
Medium and Large 3	533	385.00	2,052	5thin
Medium and Large 2	550	365.00	2,008	4thin

One grade step is worth $141.83/cwt here — about $631 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

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 sale92 hd

469.37

—

MO average11 barns · 1,995 hd

484.73

−15.36

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+9.89

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+4.78

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	—	Average	1,591	228.21	3,630	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	191.82	2,786	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,164	187.83	2,186	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	955	163.76	1,564	38

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,139	$3,554	37
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,321	$3,338	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$2,984	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,030	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,138	$2,683	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,166	$2,250	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,000	$3,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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	300–350	317	620.37/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	378.35/cwt	367.00–395.00	2,376	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	513.91/cwt	490.00–537.50	2,616	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	418.24/cwt	403.00–427.50	2,601	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	397.58/cwt	377.50–406.00	2,294	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	454.09/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,370	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	777	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	691	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	715.91/cwt	710.00–720.00	1,890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	663.60/cwt	650.00–670.00	2,422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	483.12/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,304	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	252	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	503.37/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,104	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,967	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	603.41/cwt	580.00–611.00	2,528	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,598	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	417.22/cwt	405.00–419.00	2,875	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	447.52/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	448.70/cwt	437.50–461.00	2,755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	535.90/cwt	515.00–590.00	2,604	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	474.98/cwt	452.50–515.00	2,722	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	3,422.61/head	3,400.00–3,450.00	3,423	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	3,690.85/head	3,475.00–3,900.00	3,691	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	2,750.72/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,751	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	2,682.50/head	2,400.00–2,825.00	2,683	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	95.48/cwt	85.00–105.00	853	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	193.53/cwt	188.00–201.00	2,827	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	185.66/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,640	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,020	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,928	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	192.71/cwt	188.00–200.00	2,291	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	185.34/cwt	184.00–187.00	1,751	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	170.68/cwt	155.00–180.00	1,673	26
Bulls	—	—	1,641	228.39/cwt	216.00–238.00	3,748	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,228	203.23/cwt	200.00–206.00	2,496	4
Bulls	—	—	1,448	205.21/cwt	200.00–208.00	2,971	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	179.90/cwt	171.00–186.00	2,026	17
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,145	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,092	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,335	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,221	3,710.18/head	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,710	20
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,828	3,441.76/head	3,400.00–3,475.00	3,442	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	4,579	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	141.55/cwt	134.00–149.00	1,222	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	2,751.69/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,752	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,887	4
Steers	Large 3	650–700	672	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,680	2
Steers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,142	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,259	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	638	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,265	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,052	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	257.31/cwt	235.00–275.00	2,599	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,030	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,166	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	429.43/cwt	422.50–436.00	2,242	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,090	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	513.77/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,517	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	624.85/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	429.19/cwt	417.50–433.00	2,464	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	522.33/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,314	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,204	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	353.30/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,392	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	443.35/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,960	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	467.09/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,518	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	454.76/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,663	3

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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