Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: No Sale next Thursday November 27th... Happy Thanksgiving!

Special Cow Sale this Saturday, November 22nd. 4:00pm

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. The majority of the feeders were less attractive compared to last weeks feeder offering, therefore some comparisons were not determined. Supply was light to moderate with buyer demand being very good. Slaughter cows were trading steady to 3.00 higher, bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.09/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −88.50 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$376.09

74 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$70.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

vs MO average

−33.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	403.33	2,118	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	371.48	2,039	50
Medium and Large 2	589	332.75	1,958	6thin

One grade step is worth $70.58/cwt here — about $159 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

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 sale74 hd

376.09

—

MO average17 barns · 2,701 hd

388.51

−12.43

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−33.99

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−88.50

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	—	High	1,547	189.69	2,935	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	161.29	2,372	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	155.41	1,856	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,002	129.33	1,296	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)	1,350	$2,650	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,315	$2,487	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,187	$2,159	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,208	$2,143	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,185	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,987	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	700–750	700	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	857	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	312.96/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	462.00/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	326.50/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	328.13/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	339.14/cwt	332.50–349.00	2,120	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	411.76/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,729	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,005	4
Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,022	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,995	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	399.87/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	297.52/cwt	280.00–306.00	2,291	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	365.62/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,073	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	384.41/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,999	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	444.35/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	446.37/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	396.66/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	421.17/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	507.76/cwt	495.00–580.00	1,412	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	503	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,914	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,151	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	334.41/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,936	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,096	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	137.25/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,683	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	165.93/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,031	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	783	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	118.57/cwt	100.00–126.00	1,150	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	136.12/cwt	128.00–153.00	1,391	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,649	147.95/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,440	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	158.20/cwt	152.50–162.50	2,305	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	168.60/cwt	163.00–175.50	2,453	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	155.24/cwt	143.00–161.00	1,838	71
Bulls	—	—	1,665	209.23/cwt	205.00–212.00	3,484	12
Bulls	—	—	1,525	189.91/cwt	176.00–205.00	2,896	35
Bulls	—	—	1,477	162.76/cwt	151.00–172.00	2,404	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	194.19/cwt	174.00–260.00	1,909	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	233.66/cwt	160.00–265.00	2,334	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,486.57/head	2,000.00–3,100.00	2,487	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,649.54/head	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,650	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	2,143.48/head	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,143	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,187	2,158.96/head	1,825.00–2,250.00	2,159	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,386	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	364	379.12/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	379.97/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,455	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	334.04/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,356	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	393.76/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,355	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	621	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	362.03/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,731	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	364.12/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,537	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	367.77/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,199	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	319.25/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,817	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	332.06/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,089	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	371.04/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,881	8

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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