Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's lighter/moderate test, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. There were several drafts of yearling steers and heifers in the offering today along with weaned and unweaned new crop calves. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.33/cwt on 53 head, down $8.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −66.67 against this barn's trailing median of $457.00.

Average price

$390.33

▼ 8.98 vs prior sale

53 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$47.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.52

vs MO average

−15.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	411.52	2,276	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	383.40	2,137	28
Medium 2	561	363.57	2,041	7thin

One grade step is worth $47.95/cwt here — about $235 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.41, low $389.21, median $457.00 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 sale53 hd

390.33

—

MO average15 barns · 1,754 hd

405.85

−15.52

National average172 barns · 11,871 hd

405.75

−15.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

457.00

−66.67

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	—	Low	1,606	182.82	2,937	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	143.04	2,096	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	139.43	1,685	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	126.76	1,308	50

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)	1,287	$2,612	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,199	$2,497	23
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,362	$2,169	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,184	$2,107	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$2,500	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1-2	500–550	521	373.42/cwt	355.00–379.00	1,946	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,030	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	336.72/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,542	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	370.56/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,960	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	364.53/cwt	330.00–380.00	2,092	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	397.10/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,101	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	495.27/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	447.97/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,398	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	339	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	344.54/cwt	343.00–347.50	2,329	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	407	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	381.96/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,181	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,306	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,363	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	353.96/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,556	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,771	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	303.75/cwt	303.75–303.75	2,998	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	393.23/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,045	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	487.08/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,362	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,511	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	462.44/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	360.26/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,392	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,487	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,176	2,154.62/head	2,000.00–2,650.00	2,155	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	2,551.74/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,552	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	420.54/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,241	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	132.79/cwt	125.00–142.50	1,393	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,588	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	118.44/cwt	102.50–124.00	1,194	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	150.54/cwt	149.00–153.00	2,186	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	121.58/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,499	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	151.09/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,748	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,436	163.02/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,341	4
Bulls	—	—	1,690	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,481	1
Bulls	—	—	1,649	186.82/cwt	176.00–199.00	3,081	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	142.84/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,081	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	139.33/cwt	131.00–147.50	1,689	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	131.81/cwt	128.00–134.00	2,027	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,515	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	573	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,091	5
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium 2Unweaned	500–550	532	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,915	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	967	2,266.03/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	2,169.37/head	2,125.00–2,250.00	2,169	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	2,612.01/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,612	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	230.64/cwt	215.00–255.00	2,502	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth	—	1,125	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	343.12/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,131	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	574	376.83/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,163	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,187	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,986	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	473	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	343.16/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,457	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	635	294.17/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	362.02/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,281	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	261	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	409.08/cwt	407.00–410.00	1,685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	733	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,171	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	396	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,940	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	332.51/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,072	9

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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