Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 16.00 higher and steers over 650lbs had little to compare to but sold with a steady undertone. 4 weight heifers sold sharply higher, and heifers 500lbs and over sold unevenly from 2.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for all classes in the offering on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.82/cwt on 104 head, up $2.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 31 comparable sales and sits +11.23 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$475.82

▲ 2.53 vs prior sale

104 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,026

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$200.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.31

vs MO average

−2.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	500.25	2,646	57
Medium and Large 1-2	559	457.46	2,555	43
Medium and Large 2	507	350.00	1,775	2thin
Medium 2	540	300.00	1,620	2thin

One grade step is worth $200.25/cwt here — about $1,026 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 sale104 hd

475.82

—

MO average18 barns · 4,852 hd

482.13

−6.31

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−2.57

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+11.23

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	1,730	198.00	3,425	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	170.45	2,437	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,161	164.23	1,907	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	986	132.68	1,308	40

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	933	$2,875	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,666	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,034	$2,268	8
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	816	$2,653	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	819	$2,226	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	735	$2,036	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,605	$3,900	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,505	$3,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	450–500	480	543.49/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,609	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	448.37/cwt	417.50–461.00	2,623	25
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	372	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	688	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	492.24/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,328	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	350.12/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	371.56/cwt	355.00–377.50	2,720	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	508.01/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,240	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,201	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,113	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	370.90/cwt	370.00–371.50	2,326	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	465.59/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	348.20/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,340	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	486.60/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,248	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	403.45/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	353.52/cwt	353.50–354.00	2,980	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	502.62/cwt	480.00–517.50	2,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	560.33/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,135	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	470.08/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,454	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	496.38/cwt	477.50–503.00	2,844	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	354.49/cwt	327.50–360.00	2,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	507.73/cwt	491.00–527.50	2,610	29
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,203	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	379.87/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	453.39/cwt	442.50–470.00	2,806	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	488.04/cwt	482.50–493.00	2,494	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	419.20/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	694	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,481	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	575.20/cwt	550.00–585.00	2,496	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,523	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,102	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,700	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	361	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,986	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,410	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	171.90/cwt	162.00–179.50	2,427	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	149.00/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,684	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	183.04/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,874	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	153.51/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,062	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	165.87/cwt	157.00–175.50	1,932	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	102.85/cwt	82.00–110.00	949	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	122.23/cwt	111.00–132.50	1,122	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	146.31/cwt	135.00–157.00	1,514	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	177.08/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,098	3
Bulls	—	—	1,678	213.26/cwt	208.00–221.00	3,579	3
Bulls	—	—	1,801	198.15/cwt	187.00–207.00	3,569	10
Bulls	—	—	1,453	174.36/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,533	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	1,989.32/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,989	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	2,254.59/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,255	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	2,652.88/head	2,500.00–2,725.00	2,653	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,720.25/head	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,720	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	2,875.47/head	2,850.00–2,900.00	2,875	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	252.63/cwt	210.00–285.00	2,140	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	196.02/cwt	184.00–210.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	2,675.67/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,676	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	3,268.30/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,268	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	927	1,863.31/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,863	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,195	2,000.00/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	579	319.90/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	403.94/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,088	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	416.95/cwt	396.00–427.50	2,406	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	462.64/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,980	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	485.31/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,320	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	820	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,616	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	432.87/cwt	426.00–443.00	2,394	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	393.93/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,371	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	529.95/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,411	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,387	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,549	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	315.32/cwt	308.00–346.00	2,472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	426.74/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,441	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,046	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	324.86/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,323	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	2

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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