Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold with a no comparison to last week due to the light supply. Producers were blessed with much needed rainfall but windy conditions for most of the area but causing guys trouble with loading calves to be sold and brought to town. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good on a light supply of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.98/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −77.86 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$335.98

19 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$67.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.70

vs MO average

−38.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	352.50	1,928	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	340.58	1,935	15thin
Medium and Large 2	560	285.00	1,596	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.50/cwt here — about $332 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.02, low $391.83, median $413.84 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 sale19 hd

335.98

—

MO average17 barns · 1,441 hd

342.68

−6.70

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−38.91

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

−77.86

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	1,509	195.62	2,953	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,434	168.37	2,414	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	166.12	2,010	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	151.18	1,512	69

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)	1,233	$2,662	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,242	$2,106	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,170	$2,054	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	855	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	450–500	460	398.31/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	503.33/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,334	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	315.72/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	339.95/cwt	326.00–347.50	1,989	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	356.12/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,724	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,109	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	378.76/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,193	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	469.43/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	401.71/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,061	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	315.26/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	359.65/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	414.16/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,285	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	962	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,395	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	382.71/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	344.82/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,097	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	352.40/cwt	333.00–365.00	2,033	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	154.97/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,273	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	167.21/cwt	160.00–174.50	2,374	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	176.93/cwt	174.50–185.00	2,571	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	164.96/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,988	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	155.37/cwt	140.00–163.00	1,575	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	178.26/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,155	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	95.63/cwt	90.00–100.00	930	2
Bulls	—	—	1,496	194.45/cwt	186.00–204.00	2,909	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	130.17/cwt	120.00–137.50	1,201	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	167.10/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,706	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	152.79/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,971	4
Bulls	—	—	1,355	166.89/cwt	147.50–178.00	2,261	4
Bulls	—	—	1,648	217.89/cwt	217.00–222.00	3,591	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,242	2,106.40/head	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,106	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	406.80/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,582	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	184.25/cwt	162.50–215.00	1,981	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,662.16/head	2,000.00–3,200.00	2,662	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,053.85/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	289.93/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	342.30/cwt	337.00–347.50	1,787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,613	4

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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