Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to up to 10.00 higher in spots. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate to good with several groups of weaned & vaccinated calves. Demand was good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.93/cwt on 131 head, up $20.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 31 comparable sales and sits +22.34 against this barn's trailing median of $464.59.

Average price

$486.93

▲ 20.84 vs prior sale

131 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$67.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

vs MO average

+5.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	497.95	2,638	88
Medium and Large 1-2	539	467.89	2,520	39
Medium and Large 2	557	430.00	2,395	4thin

One grade step is worth $67.95/cwt here — about $243 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 sale131 hd

486.93

—

MO average19 barns · 3,369 hd

487.37

−0.45

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+5.91

This barn, trailing median31 sales

464.59

+22.34

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	—	Average	1,498	217.36	3,256	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,530	205.00	3,137	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,406	185.07	2,603	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	184.33	2,174	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	160.66	1,508	44

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)	1,190	$2,963	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	907	$2,825	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,245	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	935	$2,301	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,037	$2,250	2thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	445.76/cwt	422.50–457.00	2,282	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	536.87/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,368	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	570.52/cwt	530.00–600.00	2,139	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	661.80/cwt	630.00–680.00	2,131	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	452.35/cwt	450.00–468.00	2,895	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	414.61/cwt	397.50–440.00	2,417	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	318.21/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	499.28/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,382	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	386.23/cwt	384.50–395.00	2,263	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	730	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	505.28/cwt	490.00–519.00	2,592	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	544.43/cwt	522.50–575.00	2,575	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	628.66/cwt	620.00–630.00	2,383	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	593.21/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,940	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	421.62/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,205	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	492	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,300	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,819	6
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	784	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,885	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	469.46/cwt	460.00–481.00	2,465	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	369.39/cwt	361.00–373.00	2,815	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	412.53/cwt	380.00–416.00	2,743	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	509.16/cwt	507.50–510.00	2,525	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,746	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,340	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	564.80/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,372	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	498.35/cwt	487.50–502.50	2,611	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	518.64/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,308	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	269	677.73/cwt	670.00–690.00	1,823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	464.75/cwt	457.50–467.00	2,630	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	415.77/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,661	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	583.38/cwt	580.00–585.00	2,223	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	502.84/cwt	495.00–527.50	2,474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	388.51/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,778	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	548.19/cwt	515.00–560.00	2,308	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	179.01/cwt	165.00–185.00	2,109	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	132.37/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,156	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	179.98/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,674	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	163.44/cwt	142.00–176.00	1,549	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	188.75/cwt	185.00–197.00	2,609	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	189.94/cwt	186.00–192.50	2,243	36
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,137	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	180.55/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,593	13
Bulls	—	—	1,498	217.36/cwt	199.00–234.00	3,256	16
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	920	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,840	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	832	293.41/cwt	219.00–330.00	2,441	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	254.37/cwt	230.00–295.00	2,668	7
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	910	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,729	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	940	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	2,803.54/head	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,804	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	243.13/cwt	230.00–250.00	2,477	5
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	892	218.02/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,945	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	2,938.20/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,938	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	823	2,846.81/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,847	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	953	2,552.23/head	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,552	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	900	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,037	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	546.87/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,073	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	468.87/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,443	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	455.63/cwt	405.00–485.00	2,429	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	430.73/cwt	417.50–445.00	2,671	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	462.59/cwt	431.00–475.00	2,211	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	486.02/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,255	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	515.84/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,213	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	785	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	487.99/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,347	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	575.28/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	274	611.85/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,676	7

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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