Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 12.00 higher and yearling cattle 650 lbs up selling 2.00 to 5.00 higher. On the video side, A nice string of 84 steers with a base weight of 600lbs selling @401.00. There was a good supply today of better attractive weaned and vaccinated calves and yearlings over last week's run. Demand was good to very good, as the seats were filled for customer appreciation day! Slaughter cattle sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.30/cwt on 174 head, up $20.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −45.57 against this barn's trailing median of $456.87.

Average price

$411.30

▲ 20.97 vs prior sale

174 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$80.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.70

vs MO average

−3.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	429.96	2,333	125
Medium and Large 1-2	554	381.88	2,115	20
Medium 1-2	565	375.00	2,119	2thin
Medium and Large 2	586	349.38	2,047	27

One grade step is worth $80.58/cwt here — about $286 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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.41, low $389.21, median $456.87 across 32 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 sale174 hd

411.30

—

MO average19 barns · 2,451 hd

402.60

+8.70

National average179 barns · 17,467 hd

414.98

−3.68

This barn, trailing median32 sales

456.87

−45.57

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	1,745	180.94	3,157	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	137.70	2,006	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,173	136.15	1,597	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	127.85	1,275	22

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,449	$2,559	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,400	$2,950	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,983	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	343.86/cwt	337.50–365.00	1,874	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,986	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,625	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	387.27/cwt	375.00–412.50	2,076	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	457.02/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	351.00/cwt	343.50–367.50	2,334	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	301.10/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	326.90/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,334	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,024	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,092	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	433	432.57/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,873	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	349.38/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,047	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	335.89/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,589	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	292.15/cwt	277.50–297.00	2,556	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	483.86/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,829	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	337.95/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,943	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,390	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,449	2,559.40/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,559	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,245	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,723	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,590	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	146.14/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,189	2
Bulls	—	—	1,445	165.92/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,398	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	136.30/cwt	125.00–143.50	1,593	43
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,078	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,400	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	127.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	2,011	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	138.00/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,976	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	130.82/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,291	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	109.03/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,156	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,960	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	181.85/cwt	171.00–193.00	3,228	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	353.21/cwt	351.50–356.00	2,543	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	373.46/cwt	366.00–380.00	2,103	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	486.45/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,077	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,383	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,473	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,442	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	441.24/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,294	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	373.17/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	438.30/cwt	427.00–455.00	1,876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	389.48/cwt	389.00–390.00	2,212	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	332.02/cwt	327.00–347.50	2,268	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	399.89/cwt	386.00–410.00	2,495	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,481	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	481.63/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	619	380.38/cwt	377.00–382.00	2,355	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	398.50/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	350.73/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	315.32/cwt	308.50–325.00	2,589	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	376.19/cwt	372.00–387.50	1,967	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	363.72/cwt	347.50–375.00	2,277	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,988	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	377.94/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	333.10/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,528	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	344.47/cwt	343.00–347.50	2,553	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	416.37/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	347.09/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,155	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,739	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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