Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold the Special Replacement Cow sale this Saturday, August 29th @ 4:00 pm

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 30.00 lower. The cattle futures have been much lower since the last sale that was reported but today they made some gains showing some positive moral with the buyers. The announcement by Trump for the pause in the foreign beef tariff has stirred up a lot of negativity and concerns with cattle producers leading to the lower prices in the future markets. Today's supply was light to moderate with good to moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading 7.00 to 20.00 lower from the sale two weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.28/cwt on 34 head, down $27.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.38 against this barn's trailing median of $413.66.

Average price

$364.28

▼ 27.55 vs prior sale

34 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$15.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.15

vs MO average

+26.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	368.93	2,016	24
Medium and Large 1-2	549	353.14	1,937	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.02, low $355.00, median $413.66 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 sale34 hd

364.28

—

MO average14 barns · 1,020 hd

353.13

+11.15

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

+26.26

This barn, trailing median31 sales

413.66

−49.38

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	1,636	192.79	3,155	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	156.00	2,215	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,193	154.62	1,845	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,022	138.19	1,412	78

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,232	$2,983	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,320	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,626	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,455	$2,614	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,375	$2,597	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,194	$2,540	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,410	$2,375	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,342	$2,250	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,230	$3,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,090	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	155.00/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,204	40
Bulls	—	—	1,435	177.02/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,540	3
Bulls	—	—	1,955	215.64/cwt	214.00–217.00	4,216	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	167.83/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,288	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	139.01/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,599	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	168.78/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,041	9
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	357.91/cwt	349.00–362.50	1,915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	210	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	393.20/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,899	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	311.56/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,256	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,042	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	408.75/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,545	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	346.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,087	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	331.77/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	337.49/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,393	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	359.29/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,289	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	232	578.02/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	376.88/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,952	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	359.53/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,085	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	496.64/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,579	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	436.60/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	367.28/cwt	362.50–368.50	2,435	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	435.89/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,992	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	350.41/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	261	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	250	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	2,625.76/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,626	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,573	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	140.61/cwt	134.00–148.00	2,172	2
Bulls	—	—	1,601	190.67/cwt	180.00–209.00	3,053	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	153.49/cwt	145.00–164.00	1,831	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,095	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	128.46/cwt	116.00–133.00	1,265	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	144.01/cwt	135.00–156.00	1,501	50
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,342	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,530	2,663.24/head	2,575.00–2,800.00	2,663	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,160	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	472	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,440	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	638	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,099	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	969	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,645	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,414	2,536.25/head	2,450.00–2,725.00	2,536	5
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,464	2,596.62/head	2,125.00–2,875.00	2,597	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,244	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	3,023.85/head	2,950.00–3,100.00	3,024	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	2,475.03/head	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,475	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,696	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	297	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	352	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,017	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	322.52/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	271	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,274	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	327	509.72/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	291.80/cwt	290.00–292.50	2,294	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	333	447.01/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	316.67/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	333.90/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,130	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	322.54/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	366.69/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,984	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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