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Wheeler Livestock Auction

Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Oct 2

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,152 head

▲ 1,152 vs last sale 0▲ 1,152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

213 head

▲ 213 vs last sale 0▲ 213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available as this is the first MDA/USDA Market Report from Wheeler Livestock Auction. The Annual Customer Appreciation/Anniversary Sale brought some outstanding stock to town. Overall, an attractive offering with good weighting conditions, along with most cattle having proper health and weaning programs that buyers like to see, especially this time of year. Demand was good and bidding was active, both from buyers in the barn as well as on the internet.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.43/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −68.31 against this barn's trailing median of $441.73.

Average price

$373.43

71 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$46.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.66

vs MO average

−49.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	396.00	2,360	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	531	386.07	2,050	38
Medium and Large 2-3	530	356.04	1,887	19thin
Large 2	580	349.40	2,027	10thin

One grade step is worth $46.60/cwt here — about $334 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale71 hd

373.43

—

MO average19 barns · 2,400 hd

411.09

−37.66

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−49.22

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.73

−68.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.58, low $389.21, median $441.73 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,692	186.90	3,163	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	171.75	2,460	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	161.27	1,889	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	138.58	1,385	35

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)	1,157	$2,700	10
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$2,602	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,950	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$3,600	1thin

Every lot

74 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	258	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,226	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	307	439.75/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,350	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,748	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	457.68/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,945	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	431.91/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,870	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	450.47/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,090	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	488	361.91/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,766	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,092	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	356.65/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,844	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	386.07/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,050	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	552	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,960	7
Steers	550–600	Large 2	580	349.40/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,027	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,360	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	361.35/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,258	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	636	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,067	23
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	667	364.50/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,431	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	371.40/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,481	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,433	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	344.87/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,445	21
Steers	700–750	Large 2	721	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,307	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	340.10/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,646	7
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	798	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,653	16
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	846	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,834	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	349.25/cwt	349.25–349.25	3,143	122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	403.59/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,296	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	363.80/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,324	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	366	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,281	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,724	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	389.20/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,615	72
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	443	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,617	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	482	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,783	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	360.48/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,741	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	374.14/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,830	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	358.74/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,822	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	378.14/cwt	374.00–380.00	1,985	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	348.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,855	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	368.16/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,076	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,027	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	340.88/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,936	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	578	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,052	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	602	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,101	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	357.82/cwt	357.50–358.00	2,193	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	382.58/cwt	378.50–384.00	2,540	103
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	325.74/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,231	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,566	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	770	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,510	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	472.29/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,568	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,547	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,098	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	374.64/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,978	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,586	160.93/cwt	150.00–171.00	2,552	4
Bulls	—	—	1,678	191.47/cwt	181.00–199.00	3,213	10
Bulls	—	—	1,975	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	4,266	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	946	153.90/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,456	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	119.99/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,193	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,009	139.80/cwt	125.00–151.00	1,411	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	159.43/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,833	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	171.19/cwt	167.00–180.00	2,054	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	141.05/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,718	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	166.54/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,332	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	175.87/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,564	19
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,157	2,699.61/head	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,700	10
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,590	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,073	188.26/cwt	164.00–245.00	2,020	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	810	2,602.47/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,602	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	870	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wheeler Livestock Auction - Cattle Auction - Osceola, MO

Thu Oct 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,152Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	258	475.00	475.00
14	300–350	307	420.00–445.00	439.75
57	400–450	433	430.00–445.00	431.91
4	450–500	498	420.00	420.00
38	500–550	531	375.00–400.00	386.07
30	650–700	668	370.00–373.00	371.40
21	700–750	709	338.00–347.00	344.87
7	750–800	778	335.00–344.00	340.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	625	350.00–367.00	361.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	370.00	370.00
16	450–500	488	360.00–367.50	361.91
12	500–550	517	355.00–360.00	356.65
7	550–600	552	355.00	355.00
23	600–650	636	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	305	475.00	475.00
13	350–400	368	475.00	475.00
8	400–450	425	450.00–470.00	457.68
10	450–500	464	435.00–460.00	450.47
4	550–600	596	396.00	396.00
3	700–750	700	347.50	347.50
122	900–950	900	349.25	349.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	580	349.00–350.00	349.40
3	700–750	721	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	667	364.00–365.00	364.50
16	750–800	798	332.50	332.50
25	800–850	846	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	455.00–500.00	472.29
3	450–500	456	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	528	360.00–385.00	374.64
7	650–700	650	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	321	375.00–425.00	403.59
72	400–450	415	385.00–405.00	389.20
19	450–500	489	373.00–375.00	374.14
20	500–550	525	374.00–380.00	378.14
9	550–600	564	360.00–375.00	368.16
14	600–650	613	357.50–358.00	357.82
19	750–800	757	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	364	360.00–365.00	363.80
20	500–550	508	355.00–360.00	358.74
6	550–600	567	357.50	357.50
2	600–650	602	349.00	349.00
26	650–700	685	321.00–335.00	325.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	366	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	443	365.00	365.00
11	450–500	483	357.50–365.00	360.48
15	500–550	533	340.00–350.00	348.01
22	550–600	568	340.00–345.00	340.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	355.00	355.00
4	750–800	770	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	430.00	430.00
16	550–600	559	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	615	380.00	380.00
103	650–700	664	378.50–384.00	382.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	994	114.00–123.00	119.99
4	—	946	152.50–155.00	153.90
26	—	1,009	125.00–151.00	139.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,150	151.00–166.00	159.43
7	—	1,218	130.00–149.00	141.05
23	—	1,200	167.00–180.00	171.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,458	171.00–184.00	175.87
15	—	1,400	163.00–169.00	166.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,586	150.00–171.00	160.93
10	—	1,678	181.00–199.00	191.47
2	—	1,975	216.00	216.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	3,600.00	3,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,157	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,699.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	280.00	280.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,073	164.00–245.00	188.26

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	810	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,602.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	870	2,900.00	2,900.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.