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Wheeler Livestock Auction

Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Jan 22

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,193 head

▼ 342 vs last sale 1,535▲ 1,193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 135▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 51▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher in most classes. A winter storm is being forecasted for the local area holding off some sellers this week until the weather breaks, also affecting some of the buyers from shipping cattle to their destinations the next few days. The supply was moderate with a moderate to good demand. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher.

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 $466.48/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 23 of 31 comparable sales and sits +24.74 against this barn's trailing median of $441.73.

Average price

$466.48

253 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$41.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.98

vs MO average

+1.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	480.17	2,650	170
Medium and Large 1-2	526	438.43	2,305	83

One grade step is worth $41.74/cwt here — about $345 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 sale253 hd

466.48

—

MO average19 barns · 4,222 hd

459.50

+6.98

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+1.15

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.73

+24.74

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	—	Average	1,896	193.79	3,675	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	168.88	2,460	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	163.97	2,033	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	132.15	1,315	15

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)	1,283	$2,912	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,206	$2,710	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,260	$2,123	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$1,940	2thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	576.94/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,887	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	524.85/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,952	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,172	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	524.41/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,234	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	512.05/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,181	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,007	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	482.45/cwt	480.00–482.50	2,205	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,409	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	491.01/cwt	477.50–502.50	2,543	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	442.47/cwt	432.50–461.00	2,296	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	476.61/cwt	439.00–485.00	2,683	128
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	414.53/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,342	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	379.02/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,308	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	424.18/cwt	407.00–450.00	2,660	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	341.35/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,294	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	399.98/cwt	396.00–401.00	2,700	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	374.36/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,561	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	367.02/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,587	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	369.34/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,611	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,617	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	323.03/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,701	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	537.61/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,726	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,382	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	427.54/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,454	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	505.63/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,926	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	466.19/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,823	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	426.13/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,854	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	479.49/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,100	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	454.66/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,101	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	414.89/cwt	400.00–434.00	2,021	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	455.93/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,353	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	413.65/cwt	395.00–428.00	2,180	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	371.94/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,994	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	386.66/cwt	378.00–400.00	2,204	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	410.24/cwt	402.50–416.00	2,429	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,750	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	395.43/cwt	374.00–410.00	2,471	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	361.83/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,280	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	364.39/cwt	360.00–369.00	2,467	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	353.78/cwt	343.00–360.00	2,395	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,095	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,555	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	331.27/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,544	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,470	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,584	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,539	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,088	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,611	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	550.15/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,804	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,045	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	445.62/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,094	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	428.95/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,273	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	372.29/cwt	362.50–390.00	2,159	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	337.23/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,121	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,077	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,309	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,573	1
Bulls	—	—	1,992	195.31/cwt	187.00–200.00	3,891	3
Bulls	—	—	2,035	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,233	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	157.30/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,531	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	108.66/cwt	80.00–127.50	1,074	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	138.14/cwt	132.50–150.00	1,395	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	158.39/cwt	144.00–164.00	1,959	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,239	172.96/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,143	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,736	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	174.38/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,534	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	162.93/cwt	159.00–167.50	2,380	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,090	1,939.91/head	1,600.00–2,250.00	1,940	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,206	2,710.44/head	1,850.00–3,200.00	2,710	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,123.26/head	1,750.00–2,375.00	2,123	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,283	2,912.00/head	2,550.00–3,300.00	2,912	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,978	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 Jan 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,193Last week 1,535Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 135Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	9	—	1,283	2,550.00–3,300.00	2,912.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,260	1,750.00–2,375.00	2,123.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	980	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,206	1,850.00–3,200.00	2,710.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,090	1,600.00–2,250.00	1,939.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	215.00	215.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	530.00–570.00	550.15
6	400–450	405	505.00	505.00
5	450–500	470	430.00–490.00	445.62
15	500–550	530	415.00–435.00	428.95
8	550–600	580	362.50–390.00	372.29
7	600–650	629	330.00–340.00	337.23
4	650–700	681	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	757	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	530.00–570.00	537.61
8	350–400	381	500.00–515.00	505.63
48	400–450	438	450.00–490.00	479.49
14	450–500	462	450.00–465.00	454.66
44	500–550	516	440.00–470.00	455.93
21	550–600	592	402.50–416.00	410.24
13	600–650	625	374.00–410.00	395.43
16	650–700	677	360.00–369.00	364.39
3	700–750	730	350.00	350.00
7	750–800	768	320.00–340.00	331.27
3	800–850	815	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	425.00–430.00	427.54
8	350–400	391	460.00–470.00	466.19
13	400–450	435	425.00–430.00	426.13
24	450–500	487	400.00–434.00	414.89
61	500–550	527	395.00–428.00	413.65
42	550–600	570	378.00–400.00	386.66
21	600–650	630	350.00–367.50	361.83
8	650–700	677	343.00–360.00	353.78
2	750–800	772	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	410.00	410.00
13	500–550	536	365.00–375.00	371.94
4	550–600	590	305.00	305.00
3	700–750	720	291.00	291.00
2	750–800	785	300.00	300.00
5	900–950	925	274.50	274.50
5	1050–1100	1,088	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	625	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	327	570.00–590.00	576.94
5	350–400	381	570.00	570.00
24	400–450	426	520.00–535.00	524.41
4	450–500	470	512.50	512.50
42	500–550	518	477.50–502.50	491.01
128	550–600	563	439.00–485.00	476.61
68	600–650	627	407.00–450.00	424.18
25	650–700	675	396.00–401.00	399.98
37	700–750	707	366.00–370.00	369.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	520.00–530.00	524.85
25	400–450	426	500.00–525.00	512.05
47	450–500	457	480.00–482.50	482.45
71	500–550	519	432.50–461.00	442.47
12	550–600	565	410.00–422.50	414.53
15	600–650	609	375.00–385.00	379.02
36	650–700	684	365.00–377.50	374.36
10	700–750	705	355.00–370.00	367.02
4	750–800	786	333.00	333.00
30	800–850	836	319.00–330.00	323.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	445.00	445.00
11	650–700	672	330.00–355.00	341.35
3	800–850	800	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	988	80.00–127.50	108.66
3	—	973	152.00–160.00	157.30
7	—	1,010	132.50–150.00	138.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,453	170.00–178.00	174.38
12	—	1,461	159.00–167.50	162.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,239	165.00–180.00	172.96
17	—	1,237	144.00–164.00	158.39
1	—	1,305	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,992	187.00–200.00	195.31
1	—	1,470	175.00	175.00
1	—	2,035	208.00	208.00

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.