Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady with the exception of the less attractive calves selling 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.59/cwt on 118 head, down $32.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$464.59

▼ 32.99 vs prior sale

118 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$66.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.12

vs MO average

−23.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	483.88	2,591	46
Medium and Large 1-2	529	455.86	2,413	57
Large 1-2	574	446.25	2,561	11thin
Medium and Large 2	581	417.50	2,426	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.38/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale118 hd

464.59

—

MO average19 barns · 3,926 hd

497.71

−33.12

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−23.76

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+0.00

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	1,508	216.22	3,261	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	177.02	2,512	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	174.35	2,059	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	149.83	1,475	51

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)	1,296	$3,236	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,219	$2,729	25
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,510	$2,665	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,080	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,106	$2,157	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	153.93/cwt	139.00–173.00	1,538	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	130.64/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,228	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	177.45/cwt	173.00–182.50	1,695	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	176.29/cwt	165.00–181.00	2,503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	321	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	599.98/cwt	595.00–615.00	2,304	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	466.56/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	425.08/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,215	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	603.63/cwt	585.00–625.00	1,974	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	365.61/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,263	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	423.91/cwt	421.00–427.50	2,641	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	542.51/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	466.68/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,296	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	424.01/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,336	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	561.99/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	503.09/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,349	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	459.99/cwt	447.50–477.50	2,383	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	445.97/cwt	435.00–452.50	2,484	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	447.47/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,084	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	520.01/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,246	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	534.10/cwt	528.00–549.00	2,612	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,660	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	655.27/cwt	625.00–665.00	1,920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	430.17/cwt	428.00–440.00	2,646	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,426	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	291	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,196	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	492.56/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,561	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	652.33/cwt	645.00–660.00	2,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,376	16
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	574	446.25/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,561	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	567.83/cwt	565.00–570.00	2,198	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	421	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	420.34/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,068	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	465.88/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,455	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	509.79/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,633	4
Bulls	—	—	1,603	211.50/cwt	200.00–221.00	3,390	11
Bulls	—	—	1,440	183.74/cwt	166.00–196.00	2,646	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	172.16/cwt	154.00–184.00	2,006	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	156.16/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,194	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	187.58/cwt	185.00–192.50	2,690	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	187.24/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,400	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,370	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,973	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,215	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,278	1
Bulls	—	—	2,053	231.31/cwt	230.00–233.00	4,749	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	888	266.79/cwt	257.50–282.50	2,369	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	2,665.23/head	2,525.00–2,800.00	2,665	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	251.01/cwt	235.00–270.00	2,661	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,979	3
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,142	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	206.12/cwt	190.00–227.50	2,173	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	247.54/cwt	205.00–275.00	2,540	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	835	242.75/cwt	220.00–267.50	2,027	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	830	302.10/cwt	285.00–312.50	2,507	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	810	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	2,728.75/head	2,300.00–3,500.00	2,729	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	3,235.69/head	2,700.00–3,500.00	3,236	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,106	2,156.96/head	2,000.00–2,225.00	2,157	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	525.57/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,018	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	461.64/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	377.35/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	398.21/cwt	396.00–407.50	2,302	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	892	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	493.48/cwt	487.50–499.00	2,275	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	337.48/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	504.67/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,099	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	365.81/cwt	365.00–366.00	2,425	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	346.90/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	326	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,516	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	313	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,878	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	369	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,910	24

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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