Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold its monthly Special Replacement Cow sale including bred heifers, bred cows, breeding bulls and several cow calf pairs. Over 1500 cows have been consigned for this auction. Please plan to attend this Saturday, December 20th at 4pm if you are looking for replacement stock to take home.

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 15.00 higher. This was the last feeder sale for 2025, buyers showed good demand on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading mostly steady. No sale next Thursday the 25th.... Merry Christmas to everyone!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.70/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −12.14 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$401.70

246 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$76.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.68

vs MO average

+11.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	426.01	2,307	111
Medium and Large 1-2	532	392.18	2,087	95
Medium and Large 2	558	357.83	1,998	35
Medium 1-2	590	350.00	2,065	5thin

One grade step is worth $76.01/cwt here — about $242 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 sale246 hd

401.70

—

MO average21 barns · 3,171 hd

381.02

+20.68

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

+11.79

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

−12.14

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	1,705	189.13	3,225	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	161.73	2,378	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	154.20	1,908	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	133.71	1,321	41

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	$2,762	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$2,550	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,487	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,380	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$2,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$2,043	7

Every lot, as filed

86 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	300–350	331	549.57/cwt	525.00–595.00	1,819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	412.73/cwt	405.00–422.00	1,771	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,442	15
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	751	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	271	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	397.57/cwt	397.00–400.00	2,298	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	455.80/cwt	440.00–486.00	1,882	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	523.24/cwt	501.00–541.00	2,464	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	351.34/cwt	342.50–362.50	2,126	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	507	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	442.67/cwt	405.00–464.00	2,302	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	457.18/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,217	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	464.95/cwt	450.00–482.50	1,976	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	515.32/cwt	505.00–532.50	1,958	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	381.01/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,522	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	549.73/cwt	532.50–565.00	1,792	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	365.49/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	400.78/cwt	390.00–411.00	2,292	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	358.74/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,088	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	438.85/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,537	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	487.52/cwt	487.00–492.50	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,900	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	434.55/cwt	382.00–457.50	2,247	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	331.44/cwt	331.00–332.50	2,433	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,500	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	422.20/cwt	400.00–432.50	2,563	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	475.17/cwt	471.00–492.50	2,476	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	360.71/cwt	342.50–368.00	2,431	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	482.61/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,254	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	566	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,015	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	405.01/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,017	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	110.37/cwt	98.00–121.00	1,081	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	159.96/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,694	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	137.46/cwt	124.00–151.00	1,348	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	147.95/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,416	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	152.74/cwt	141.00–160.00	1,896	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	135.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,685	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	163.36/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,996	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	157.44/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,299	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	168.10/cwt	163.00–178.00	2,453	22
Bulls	—	—	1,749	192.53/cwt	174.00–209.00	3,367	14
Bulls	—	—	1,400	165.34/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,315	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	2,486.67/head	2,350.00–2,600.00	2,487	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	212.74/cwt	166.00–270.00	2,236	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,782	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	188.84/cwt	156.00–207.00	1,990	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,311	2,761.98/head	2,050.00–3,050.00	2,762	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,333	2,042.82/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,043	7
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	607	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	271	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	485	322.66/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	356.17/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,041	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	392.91/cwt	389.00–412.50	1,894	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	328.73/cwt	312.50–335.00	2,032	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,096	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	431.71/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	626	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	347.63/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,402	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	392.43/cwt	390.00–399.00	2,088	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	350.35/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,186	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,041	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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