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Wheeler Livestock Auction

Name: Wheeler Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Mar 5

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

451 head

▼ 570 vs last sale 1,021▲ 451 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 161 vs last sale 206▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 60▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers 300-550 lbs sold steady with instances of 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady on a limited test. Slaughter cows and bulls but sold steady to firm on a light supply. The area did see some much needed rainfall in the past few days and more expected into Friday. The supply was light with good to very good demand.

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 $492.93/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +51.19 against this barn's trailing median of $441.73.

Average price

$492.93

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$71.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.80

vs MO average

+17.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	508.33	2,711	53
Medium and Large 1-2	569	447.43	2,546	8thin
Medium and Large 2	587	436.37	2,561	8thin

One grade step is worth $71.96/cwt here — about $150 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 sale69 hd

492.93

—

MO average15 barns · 2,481 hd

475.13

+17.80

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+17.37

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.73

+51.19

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	—	High	1,804	200.11	3,610	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	169.51	2,510	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	159.08	1,915	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	143.07	1,530	11

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)	1,265	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,470	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,496	2thin

Every lot

58 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	266	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,862	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,898	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	616.81/cwt	575.00–627.50	2,208	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,215	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	402	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,749	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,543	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	587.92/cwt	573.00–645.00	2,540	21
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	570.04/cwt	545.00–585.00	2,611	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	523.11/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,490	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	503	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,628	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	515.85/cwt	491.00–547.00	2,688	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	447.43/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,546	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	480.60/cwt	464.00–495.00	2,807	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	436.37/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,561	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,943	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	455.39/cwt	455.00–456.00	2,869	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	3,058	5
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	689	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,673	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,830	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	3,023	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,880	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,386	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,515	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,075	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	573.45/cwt	560.00–625.00	2,133	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,583	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	392	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,960	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	516.89/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,228	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	450.34/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,963	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	513.08/cwt	465.00–525.00	2,386	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	446.65/cwt	438.00–455.00	2,139	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,845	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,189	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	461.73/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,429	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	416.61/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,387	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	620	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,341	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,320	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,535	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	532.19/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,278	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,550	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,496	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,594	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,780	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,806	198.57/cwt	185.00–209.00	3,586	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,358	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,070	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,840	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	144.63/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,548	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	157.90/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,920	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,240	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,232	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,529	167.41/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,560	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	281.23/cwt	260.00–300.00	2,517	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	182.91/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,981	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,495.94/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,496	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,470	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	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 Mar 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 451Last week 1,021Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 206Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	590.00	590.00
9	500–550	503	522.50	522.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	700.00	700.00
15	350–400	358	575.00–627.50	616.81
21	400–450	432	573.00–645.00	587.92
65	450–500	458	545.00–585.00	570.04
31	500–550	521	491.00–547.00	515.85
13	550–600	584	464.00–495.00	480.60
7	600–650	617	477.00	477.00
5	650–700	659	464.00	464.00
4	700–750	711	398.00	398.00
6	750–800	777	389.00	389.00
2	800–850	800	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	575.00	575.00
5	350–400	392	565.00	565.00
8	450–500	476	520.00–525.00	523.11
8	550–600	569	445.00–450.00	447.43
5	600–650	630	455.00–456.00	455.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	435.00	435.00
8	550–600	587	430.00–445.00	436.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
9	650–700	689	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	660.00	660.00
3	300–350	332	625.00	625.00
15	350–400	372	560.00–625.00	573.45
15	400–450	431	505.00–525.00	516.89
27	450–500	465	465.00–525.00	513.08
24	500–550	526	445.00–485.00	461.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	475.00	475.00
6	400–450	436	435.00–465.00	450.34
4	450–500	479	438.00–455.00	446.65
6	500–550	520	421.00	421.00
7	550–600	573	385.00–430.00	416.61
6	650–700	676	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	492	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	525	410.00	410.00
3	600–650	640	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	637	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	525.00–540.00	532.19
2	500–550	500	510.00	510.00
2	600–650	632	395.00	395.00
2	650–700	665	390.00	390.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	2	—	895	260.00–300.00	281.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	180.00–185.00	182.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,470	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,293	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,495.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	172.00	172.00
11	—	1,216	150.00–166.00	157.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,070	138.00–153.00	144.63
1	—	1,065	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	180.00	180.00
5	—	1,529	160.00–174.00	167.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	217.00	217.00
11	—	1,806	185.00–209.00	198.57

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.