Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 575 lbs sold 5.00 to 25.00 higher while the yearlings sold steady to 10.00 higher. There was strong demand again this week from buyers for the lighter weight classes of steers and heifers. The supply of feeders was moderate, Slaughter cows were trading steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.07/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −24.77 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$389.07

202 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$67.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.85

vs MO average

+11.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	410.57	2,216	110
Medium and Large 1-2	544	365.57	1,989	83
Medium and Large 2	564	343.00	1,936	9thin

One grade step is worth $67.57/cwt here — about $280 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

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 sale202 hd

389.07

—

MO average17 barns · 3,619 hd

370.22

+18.85

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

+11.11

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

−24.77

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	1,817	194.22	3,528	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,570	186.00	2,920	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	160.14	2,297	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	150.52	1,845	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	130.58	1,364	54

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)	1,395	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,280	$2,117	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,134	$3,242	7

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2	700–750	711	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	516.41/cwt	505.00–527.50	2,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,491	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	486.31/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,546	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,468	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	365.96/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,317	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	470.94/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,279	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	364.45/cwt	350.00–368.00	2,584	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,216	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,449	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	377.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,678	5
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	371	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	396.85/cwt	381.00–410.00	1,877	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	370.16/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,929	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	407.79/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,174	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	499.22/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,077	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	406.70/cwt	392.50–420.00	2,546	36
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	421	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	484.83/cwt	480.00–492.50	1,896	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,251	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	474.23/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,494	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	435.69/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,353	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	491.43/cwt	490.00–497.50	2,354	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	518.17/cwt	500.00–532.50	2,373	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	515.92/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	373.29/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,277	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	357	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,294	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	466.21/cwt	440.00–482.50	1,916	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,048	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,140	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,667	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	151.45/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,846	74
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,920	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	155.89/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,204	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	137.26/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,743	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	161.86/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,971	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	112.05/cwt	85.00–123.00	1,159	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	135.88/cwt	124.00–150.00	1,424	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	173.10/cwt	163.00–179.00	2,491	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	141.40/cwt	139.00–147.00	2,162	4
Bulls	—	—	2,206	212.14/cwt	209.00–216.00	4,680	4
Bulls	—	—	1,742	192.84/cwt	174.00–207.00	3,359	14
Bulls	—	—	1,560	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,621	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	199.11/cwt	170.00–227.50	2,063	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	3,242.25/head	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,242	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	2,117.48/head	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,117	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	317.40/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	877	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	399.41/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,869	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,120	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	445.20/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,883	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	469.11/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,529	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	459.28/cwt	425.00–487.50	2,159	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,384	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	369.11/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,292	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	332.11/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	341.42/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,086	7
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	412	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	406.66/cwt	386.00–416.00	2,294	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,972	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	440.84/cwt	422.50–447.50	2,059	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	359.24/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,051	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	400.86/cwt	365.00–430.00	1,724	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,803	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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