Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold its monthly Special Replacement Cow sale next Saturday, November 22nd starting at 4:00 pm with over 1000 head expected.

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows were trading 2.00 to 4.00 lower with top bulls trading 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.74/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −59.85 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$404.74

81 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$61.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs MO average

−20.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	415.35	2,280	62
Medium and Large 1-2	564	382.05	2,155	11thin
Medium and Large 2	586	353.75	2,073	8thin

One grade step is worth $61.60/cwt here — about $207 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 sale81 hd

404.74

—

MO average21 barns · 3,472 hd

399.39

+5.35

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−20.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−59.85

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	1,559	181.25	2,825	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	161.58	2,358	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	157.41	1,905	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	130.27	1,315	51

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)	1,311	$2,856	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,123	$2,287	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	863	$1,950	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$2,702	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	817	$2,088	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,500	$3,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	592	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	299.89/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,192	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	353.75/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,073	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	324.48/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,931	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	344.82/cwt	342.50–347.00	1,800	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,186	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	444.36/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,835	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,090	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	403.28/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,303	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	377.11/cwt	374.00–379.00	2,308	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	602	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	340.26/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,341	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	442.71/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,231	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	454.90/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,193	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	371.90/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	414.05/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	366.67/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,899	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	301.59/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,846	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	140.37/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,426	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	167.45/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,374	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	90.42/cwt	83.00–95.00	843	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	126.33/cwt	113.00–134.00	1,280	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	136.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,637	3
Bulls	—	—	1,426	160.27/cwt	140.00–170.00	2,285	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	159.24/cwt	152.00–162.50	2,371	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	147.89/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,207	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	155.14/cwt	140.00–163.00	1,865	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	166.84/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,059	20
Bulls	—	—	1,802	211.75/cwt	209.00–216.00	3,816	3
Bulls	—	—	1,565	184.38/cwt	175.00–203.00	2,886	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	2,287.08/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,287	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,311	2,855.52/head	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,856	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	177.94/cwt	156.00–210.00	1,861	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	206.88/cwt	167.00–230.00	1,951	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	726	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,701.76/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,702	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	863	1,949.86/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	853	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,346	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,957	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	423.89/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	323.82/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,668	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	347.23/cwt	347.00–347.50	1,701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	339.76/cwt	339.00–343.00	1,998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	644	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,077	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	363.65/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	387.90/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,431	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	426.92/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,892	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	412.02/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,519	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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