Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers 300-550 lbs sold steady with instances of 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady on a limited test. Slaughter cows and bulls but sold steady to firm on a light supply. The area did see some much needed rainfall in the past few days and more expected into Friday. The supply was light with good to very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.93/cwt on 69 head, down $8.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +28.34 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$492.93

▼ 8.48 vs prior sale

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$71.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.80

vs MO average

+17.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	508.33	2,711	53
Medium and Large 1-2	569	447.43	2,546	8thin
Medium and Large 2	587	436.37	2,561	8thin

One grade step is worth $71.96/cwt here — about $150 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

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 sale69 hd

492.93

—

MO average15 barns · 2,481 hd

475.13

+17.80

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+17.37

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+28.34

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	1,804	200.11	3,610	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	169.51	2,510	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	159.08	1,915	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	143.07	1,530	11

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)	1,265	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,470	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,496	2thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1Unweaned	400–450	431	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	573.45/cwt	560.00–625.00	2,133	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	616.81/cwt	575.00–627.50	2,208	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	3,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,215	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	446.65/cwt	438.00–455.00	2,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	620	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	3,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,943	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	516.89/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,228	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	450.34/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,963	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	416.61/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,387	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	532.19/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	523.11/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	281.23/cwt	260.00–300.00	2,517	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,189	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	447.43/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	436.37/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,561	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	157.90/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,920	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	144.63/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,548	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,358	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,806	198.57/cwt	185.00–209.00	3,586	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,320	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	689	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,673	9
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,232	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	167.41/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	455.39/cwt	455.00–456.00	2,869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	570.04/cwt	545.00–585.00	2,611	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	587.92/cwt	573.00–645.00	2,540	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	515.85/cwt	491.00–547.00	2,688	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	513.08/cwt	465.00–525.00	2,386	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,628	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,386	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	182.91/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,981	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,495.94/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	461.73/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,429	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	480.60/cwt	464.00–495.00	2,807	13

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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