Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available as this is the first MDA/USDA Market Report from Wheeler Livestock Auction. The Annual Customer Appreciation/Anniversary Sale brought some outstanding stock to town. Overall, an attractive offering with good weighting conditions, along with most cattle having proper health and weaning programs that buyers like to see, especially this time of year. Demand was good and bidding was active, both from buyers in the barn as well as on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.43/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −91.16 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$373.43

71 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$46.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.66

vs MO average

−49.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	396.00	2,360	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	531	386.07	2,050	38
Medium and Large 2-3	530	356.04	1,887	19thin
Large 2	580	349.40	2,027	10thin

One grade step is worth $46.60/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale71 hd

373.43

—

MO average19 barns · 2,400 hd

411.09

−37.66

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−49.22

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−91.16

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	1,692	186.90	3,163	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	171.75	2,460	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	161.27	1,889	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	138.58	1,385	35

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)	1,157	$2,700	10
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$2,602	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,950	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$3,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	700–750	709	344.87/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,445	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	386.07/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,050	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	374.64/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	374.14/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,830	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	439.75/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,350	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	378.14/cwt	374.00–380.00	1,985	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	431.91/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,870	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	371.40/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,481	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	403.59/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,296	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	357.82/cwt	357.50–358.00	2,193	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	368.16/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,076	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	340.10/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	389.20/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,615	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,566	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	361.35/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,258	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	363.80/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,324	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	325.74/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,231	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	340.88/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,936	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	348.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,855	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	358.74/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,822	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	361.91/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,766	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	356.65/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,844	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	119.99/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,193	5
Bulls	—	—	1,586	160.93/cwt	150.00–171.00	2,552	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	159.43/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,833	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	153.90/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,456	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	141.05/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,718	7
Bulls	—	—	1,678	191.47/cwt	181.00–199.00	3,213	10
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,092	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	349.25/cwt	349.25–349.25	3,143	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	578	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,052	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	2,699.61/head	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,700	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	472.29/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,568	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	457.68/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,945	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	188.26/cwt	164.00–245.00	2,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	450.47/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,090	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,748	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	382.58/cwt	378.50–384.00	2,540	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	770	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	552	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,960	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	636	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,067	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	366	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	360.48/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	450–500	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	5
Steers	Large 2	700–750	721	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,307	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	667	364.50/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,431	16
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	798	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,653	16
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	846	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,834	25
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	810	2,602.47/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,602	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	—	—	1,975	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	4,266	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	171.19/cwt	167.00–180.00	2,054	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	175.87/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,564	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	166.54/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,332	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	139.80/cwt	125.00–151.00	1,411	26
Steers	Large 2	550–600	580	349.40/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,027	10

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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