Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold with large gains from the previous sale, selling 15.00 to 45.00 higher. Buyers showed strong demand on a moderate to heavy supply, including several strings of reputation home raised quality calves in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.84/cwt on 373 head. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −33.75 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$430.84

373 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$72.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.83

vs MO average

+1.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	443.64	2,416	251
Medium and Large 1-2	569	408.31	2,324	106
Medium and Large 2	536	386.84	2,073	8thin
Medium 1-2	592	371.56	2,201	8thin

One grade step is worth $72.08/cwt here — about $215 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

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 sale373 hd

430.84

—

MO average19 barns · 4,343 hd

415.01

+15.83

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+1.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

−33.75

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	1,524	185.72	2,830	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,753	181.78	3,187	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	160.16	2,305	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	154.15	1,878	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	998	130.17	1,299	48

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)	1,010	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,127	$1,850	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,332	$1,775	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,555	$4,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	650–700	678	342.35/cwt	342.00–345.00	2,321	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	467.48/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,795	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	455.87/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,225	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	336.09/cwt	334.00–337.00	2,571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	331.87/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,247	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	333.10/cwt	331.00–339.50	2,365	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	417.08/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	429.59/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,260	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	517.67/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,745	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	763	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	624	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	429.98/cwt	417.50–452.00	2,447	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	296	488.86/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,447	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,400	18
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	550–600	589	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	314.66/cwt	311.00–317.00	2,612	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	451.09/cwt	441.00–477.50	2,400	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	402.19/cwt	390.00–414.00	2,373	66
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	598	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	368.66/cwt	364.00–382.50	2,323	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	386.84/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,073	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,417	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	412.43/cwt	386.00–420.00	2,503	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	377.53/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,529	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	486.50/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,072	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	315.42/cwt	315.00–317.00	2,492	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	505.30/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,945	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	412	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,875	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,077	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	488.34/cwt	484.00–500.00	2,354	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,335	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	447.48/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,354	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	806	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,394	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,124	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	470.47/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,023	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,947	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,632	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	168.78/cwt	163.00–178.00	2,449	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	134.59/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,701	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,753	181.78/cwt	180.00–184.00	3,187	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	796	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	137.41/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,408	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	162.97/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,951	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	148.03/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,217	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	151.63/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,857	61
Bulls	—	—	1,571	187.92/cwt	176.00–206.00	2,952	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	155.94/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,227	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	119.89/cwt	110.00–127.50	1,145	17
Bulls	—	—	1,825	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,979	1
Bulls	—	—	1,274	170.48/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,172	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	181.35/cwt	170.00–192.50	2,062	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	201.97/cwt	174.00–220.00	2,234	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	453.97/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,961	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	942	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	434.81/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,057	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,336	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	402	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,791	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	472.88/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,863	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	417.78/cwt	385.00–440.00	2,168	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	350.82/cwt	342.00–373.00	2,035	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	386.07/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,139	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,482	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	846	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	689	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	430.07/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,823	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	387.07/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,873	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	612	322.34/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,973	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	861	257.51/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,217	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	314.73/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,995	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	980	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,500	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	348.76/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,201	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	362.01/cwt	350.00–374.00	1,937	29
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	550–600	582	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,008	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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