Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 15.00 higher with the supply being mostly feeder calves under 650 weight. The region still is suffering from dry conditions for the late summer with extreme warm temps for this time of year. The market had higher undertones in most of the classes offered today. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Supply was low to moderate but sold with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.00/cwt on 48 head, down $7.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −58.05 against this barn's trailing median of $413.05.

Average price

$355.00

▼ 7.90 vs prior sale

48 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$40.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.41

vs MO average

+0.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	369.57	2,105	23
Medium and Large 1-2	516	368.50	1,902	8thin
Medium and Large 2	565	328.95	1,858	17thin

One grade step is worth $40.62/cwt here — about $247 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.02, low $355.00, median $413.05 across 30 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 sale48 hd

355.00

—

MO average18 barns · 1,243 hd

370.42

−15.41

National average170 barns · 9,216 hd

354.36

+0.64

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.05

−58.05

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	1,643	180.33	2,962	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,421	147.53	2,096	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	137.13	1,627	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	129.88	1,336	14

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)	1,423	$2,884	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$3,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	925	$1,802	2thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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%	—	1,457	154.47/cwt	152.00–156.00	2,251	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	133.23/cwt	127.00–141.00	1,375	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	117.60/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,197	3
Bulls	—	—	1,599	184.99/cwt	176.00–192.00	2,958	6
Bulls	—	—	1,773	166.35/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,949	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	211.05/cwt	185.00–235.00	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	505.73/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,871	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	367.33/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,277	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	444.98/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,198	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	513.31/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	430.98/cwt	421.00–445.00	1,879	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	321	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	526.03/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,220	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,454	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	477.03/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,037	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	351.71/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	316	614.30/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,941	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	391.39/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,902	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	411.44/cwt	385.00–450.00	2,000	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	387.47/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,185	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	478.96/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,083	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	457.86/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,950	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	341.75/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,245	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	386.08/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,008	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,139	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,547	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	391.74/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,217	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	475.34/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,611	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	347.03/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,283	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	350.63/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,349	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	856	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	430.18/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	321.70/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,837	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	876	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,659	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,423	2,883.61/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,884	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,802.16/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	433.07/cwt	413.00–450.00	1,893	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,910	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,598	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,698	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	125.29/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,668	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	138.11/cwt	131.00–151.00	1,602	16
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,811	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	144.06/cwt	143.00–147.00	2,021	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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