Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold its monthly Special Cow sale this Saturday March 28th, at 4:00 pm, over 1300 bred cows, bred heifers, cow/calf pairs and breeding bulls will be offered.

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to firm, the calves in this weeks offering, mostly new crop calves, were somewhat less attractive than the previous week. There was good demand on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.66/cwt on 81 head, down $26.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits −0.18 against this barn's trailing median of $413.84.

Average price

$413.66

▼ 26.59 vs prior sale

81 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$68.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.83

vs MO average

−11.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	437.78	2,360	43
Medium and Large 1-2	566	401.94	2,273	20
Medium and Large 2	556	369.07	2,052	18thin

One grade step is worth $68.71/cwt here — about $308 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 sale81 hd

413.66

—

MO average19 barns · 2,562 hd

424.49

−10.83

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−11.53

This barn, trailing median30 sales

413.84

−0.18

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	1,618	204.15	3,302	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	183.63	2,616	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	173.72	2,081	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	146.08	1,418	47

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)	1,275	$3,351	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,133	$3,300	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,266	$3,016	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,215	$2,691	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,239	$2,517	10

Every lot, as filed

83 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	550–600	568	415.85/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,362	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	399.93/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,276	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	356.45/cwt	354.00–359.50	2,477	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,338	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	619.23/cwt	615.00–625.00	1,827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,112	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,630	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	544.90/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,054	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	471.41/cwt	455.00–515.00	2,220	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	349.42/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,526	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,916	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	431.69/cwt	427.50–432.50	2,746	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	674.01/cwt	635.00–695.00	2,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	382.54/cwt	372.50–400.00	2,597	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	606.71/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,032	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	485.53/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,541	6
Steers	Large 3	550–600	552	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	458.96/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,354	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	489.22/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	435.85/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	412.81/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	508.56/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,233	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	493.50/cwt	462.50–511.00	2,418	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	420	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,289	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	410.17/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,719	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,583	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,605	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	377	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,129	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,176	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	561.82/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,455	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	480.32/cwt	475.00–492.50	2,454	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,214	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	152.71/cwt	148.00–157.50	1,848	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	153.80/cwt	139.00–170.00	1,496	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	185.03/cwt	172.00–193.00	2,627	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	166.80/cwt	164.50–169.00	2,469	2
Bulls	—	—	1,586	206.22/cwt	184.00–218.00	3,271	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	182.12/cwt	175.00–189.00	2,175	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	125.09/cwt	96.00–137.50	1,198	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	170.77/cwt	169.00–173.00	1,715	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	168.24/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,019	23
Bulls	—	—	1,517	179.78/cwt	173.00–186.00	2,727	3
Bulls	—	—	1,973	227.23/cwt	224.00–230.00	4,483	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	211.14/cwt	181.00–250.00	2,225	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	252.91/cwt	195.00–282.00	2,458	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,691.08/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,691	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	3,015.52/head	2,050.00–3,550.00	3,016	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,351.04/head	3,000.00–3,850.00	3,351	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	3,300.41/head	2,700.00–3,650.00	3,300	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,239	2,502.00/head	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	491.55/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,123	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	391.33/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,486	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,141	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	359.94/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,066	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	442.29/cwt	420.00–462.50	2,322	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	387.33/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	601.08/cwt	590.00–625.00	1,839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	551.71/cwt	535.00–570.00	1,501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	447.50/cwt	438.00–470.00	2,363	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	568.54/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,195	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	372.89/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,260	11

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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