Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold mostly steady with a limited amount of comparables. The majority of the feeders were new crop calves, with many being weaned and vaccinated. Buyers showed very good demand for the lighter weight grass calves, but overall demand was good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $440.25/cwt on 70 head, up $27.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +26.40 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$440.25

▲ 27.80 vs prior sale

70 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$34.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.46

vs MO average

+24.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	444.72	2,395	60
Medium and Large 1-2	544	414.86	2,255	7thin
Medium and Large 2	533	410.00	2,185	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.72/cwt here — about $210 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 sale70 hd

440.25

—

MO average15 barns · 1,320 hd

426.79

+13.46

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

+24.13

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

+26.40

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	1,619	199.40	3,229	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,503	189.59	2,850	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	174.70	2,589	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	167.30	1,922	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	976	146.29	1,428	17

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,046	$3,700	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,398	$2,869	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,140	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$2,325	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	752	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,500	$3,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$3,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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	800–850	810	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	495.88/cwt	492.50–506.00	2,405	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	600.80/cwt	590.00–605.00	2,217	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,087	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	476.57/cwt	445.00–505.00	2,478	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	352.15/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	447.23/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,133	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	3
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	685	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,278	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,185	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	391.01/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,557	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,797	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,273	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	443.40/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	908	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	449.95/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,376	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,230	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,500	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	850	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,060	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	2,868.69/head	2,300.00–3,400.00	2,869	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	752	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	240.86/cwt	217.50–280.00	2,247	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	196.55/cwt	188.00–216.00	3,204	15
Bulls	—	—	1,768	229.61/cwt	224.00–240.00	4,060	3
Bulls	—	—	1,315	175.49/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,308	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	173.13/cwt	166.00–176.50	2,535	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,436	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,503	189.59/cwt	187.00–192.00	2,850	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	178.41/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,075	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	180.87/cwt	178.00–184.50	2,706	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	128.31/cwt	122.50–135.00	1,288	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	150.47/cwt	137.50–162.00	1,470	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	164.88/cwt	150.00–174.00	1,890	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	414.62/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,612	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	634.12/cwt	630.00–635.00	2,048	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	503.15/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,360	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	680.00/cwt	665.00–690.00	1,564	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	660.67/cwt	635.00–695.00	2,108	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	604.75/cwt	585.00–627.50	2,492	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	443.02/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,804	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	462.95/cwt	440.00–479.00	2,662	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	362.98/cwt	361.00–367.00	2,679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	625.15/cwt	620.00–630.00	1,707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	547.54/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,152	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,041	2
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	604.33/cwt	590.00–655.00	2,363	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	530.61/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,351	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	427.54/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,450	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	495.79/cwt	485.00–504.00	2,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	535.32/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,275	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	448	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,419	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	537.88/cwt	523.00–555.00	2,603	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	657.05/cwt	655.00–660.00	1,767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	482.83/cwt	467.50–515.00	1,806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	487.39/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	554.82/cwt	530.00–605.00	2,047	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	610.03/cwt	590.00–640.00	1,976	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	628.39/cwt	610.00–680.00	1,716	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	394.19/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,424	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,632	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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