Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, a few standout drafts were in the 500 and 600 weight steers with gains as much as 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 40.00 higher this week. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, also a good supply of bred cows and turnout cows were in the offering this afternoon.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.58/cwt on 163 head, up $28.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +32.99 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$497.58

▲ 28.14 vs prior sale

163 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$100.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs MO average

+6.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	514.14	2,747	125
Medium and Large 1-2	555	467.13	2,593	21
Medium and Large 2	565	413.41	2,336	17thin

One grade step is worth $100.73/cwt here — about $411 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 sale163 hd

497.58

—

MO average16 barns · 2,376 hd

497.45

+0.13

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+6.75

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+32.99

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	1,679	219.89	3,691	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,519	192.50	2,924	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,214	184.97	2,246	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	158.22	1,546	46

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)	1,191	$3,350	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$3,137	48
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,152	$3,122	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,203	$3,105	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,241	$2,723	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,219	$2,635	19
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$2,500	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,118	$2,298	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	991	$3,525	7
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$3,400	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,045	$3,233	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,400	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,375	$3,775	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 2	450–500	490	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	507.14/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,054	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	660.43/cwt	635.00–685.00	2,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	551.54/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,134	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	548.00/cwt	548.00–548.00	2,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	413.41/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,336	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	447.68/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,717	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	571.46/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,046	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	325.02/cwt	320.00–333.50	2,688	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	348.75/cwt	348.75–348.75	2,748	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,348	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	468.46/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	489.45/cwt	465.00–516.00	2,765	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	602.40/cwt	575.00–617.50	2,283	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	603.53/cwt	575.00–615.00	2,541	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	346	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	431.67/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	406.80/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	428.76/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,658	10
Steers	Large 2	650–700	657	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	455.48/cwt	452.50–457.50	2,669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	601.06/cwt	585.00–630.00	2,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	297	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	519.86/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,209	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	530.44/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,536	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	577.50/cwt	575.00–580.00	2,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	577.19/cwt	545.00–595.00	2,436	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,112	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	538.00/cwt	538.00–538.00	2,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	519.13/cwt	500.00–541.00	2,741	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	477.73/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,518	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	582.05/cwt	555.00–610.00	1,909	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,512	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	433.31/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	413.71/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,706	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,512	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	163.95/cwt	146.00–185.00	1,617	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	194.35/cwt	189.00–202.00	2,985	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	187.12/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,751	11
Bulls	—	—	1,670	218.77/cwt	207.50–231.00	3,653	14
Bulls	—	—	1,220	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,245	1
Bulls	—	—	2,072	233.07/cwt	232.00–235.00	4,829	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	122.11/cwt	92.00–138.00	1,122	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	180.10/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,824	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	141.60/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	194.91/cwt	189.00–207.00	2,372	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	178.82/cwt	151.00–189.00	2,169	36
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,378	225.89/cwt	222.00–230.00	3,113	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	785	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,580	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	225.93/cwt	218.00–265.00	2,677	7
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	835	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	3,121.81/head	3,100.00–3,150.00	3,122	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	2,723.36/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,723	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	3,975.00/head	3,975.00–3,975.00	3,975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	510.66/cwt	480.00–528.00	2,344	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	271	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	474.55/cwt	466.00–490.00	2,482	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	517.56/cwt	500.00–552.50	2,179	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	446.14/cwt	431.50–465.00	2,565	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	488.44/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	938	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	464.84/cwt	450.00–469.00	2,175	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,200	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,070	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,145	2,287.07/head	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,287	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	2,634.96/head	2,225.00–2,850.00	2,635	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	3,137.27/head	2,600.00–3,550.00	3,137	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	3,104.77/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	3,105	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	214.91/cwt	195.00–245.00	2,220	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	855	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	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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