Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher with some spots higher. The demand was very good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.11/cwt on 119 head, up $11.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 31 comparable sales and sits +22.52 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$487.11

▲ 11.29 vs prior sale

119 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$27.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs MO average

−0.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	498.09	2,694	71
Medium and Large 1-2	553	470.86	2,604	48

One grade step is worth $27.23/cwt here — about $90 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 sale119 hd

487.11

—

MO average20 barns · 3,668 hd

488.60

−1.49

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−0.24

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+22.52

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	—	Low	1,551	188.14	2,919	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	170.76	2,506	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	162.64	1,978	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	136.57	1,351	32

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)	1,328	$3,781	18
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	917	$3,191	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,409	$2,856	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,097	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	955	$3,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$4,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$3,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	Large 1-2	650–700	692	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,735	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	411.26/cwt	409.00–417.50	2,418	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	477.79/cwt	459.00–515.00	2,480	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,603	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	480.48/cwt	462.50–525.00	1,773	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	430.37/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	444.97/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	536.88/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	612.25/cwt	610.00–612.50	1,886	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	433.08/cwt	392.50–445.00	2,650	39
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	477	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	631.87/cwt	615.00–635.00	2,104	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	614.37/cwt	610.00–620.00	2,298	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	476.24/cwt	455.00–499.00	2,991	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	538.71/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,543	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	463.71/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,615	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,336	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	480.06/cwt	475.00–512.50	2,588	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	535.21/cwt	525.00–537.50	2,253	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	516.86/cwt	485.00–557.50	1,871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	516.88/cwt	505.00–527.50	2,481	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	390.50/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,831	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	377.28/cwt	375.50–380.00	2,879	10
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	773	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	472.96/cwt	471.00–475.00	2,464	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	410.59/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,829	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,352	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	565.76/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,404	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	506.22/cwt	498.00–510.00	2,961	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	514.11/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,715	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	448.85/cwt	427.00–457.00	2,980	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,958	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	553.77/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,060	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	512.27/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,079	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,371	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	147.28/cwt	137.00–152.00	1,904	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	176.12/cwt	174.00–178.00	2,233	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	123.44/cwt	100.00–134.00	1,199	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	162.96/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,621	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	146.18/cwt	134.00–156.00	1,471	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	157.02/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,439	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	163.67/cwt	155.00–173.00	1,941	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	170.18/cwt	163.00–174.00	2,520	7
Bulls	—	—	1,498	174.40/cwt	163.00–180.00	2,613	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,761	1
Bulls	—	—	1,549	190.04/cwt	183.00–198.00	2,944	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	178.63/cwt	176.00–181.50	2,503	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	835	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,805	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,838.21/head	3,300.00–4,200.00	3,838	17
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,020	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,409	2,856.48/head	2,500.00–3,275.00	2,856	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	917	3,190.73/head	2,600.00–3,650.00	3,191	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	825	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	384.89/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	397.95/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,427	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	446.88/cwt	415.00–457.50	2,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	356.10/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	428.83/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,436	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	366.74/cwt	356.00–385.00	2,431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	244	566.32/cwt	555.00–600.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	466	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,120	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	408.29/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,764	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	524.97/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,478	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	852	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	520.79/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,166	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	428.76/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,255	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	471.34/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,013	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	444.97/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,038	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	383.35/cwt	380.00–383.50	2,476	67

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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