Sale reports / Missouri / Wheeler Livestock Auction / 2026-04-09

Wheeler Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Apr 9
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,052 head
▲ 1,052 vs last sale 0▲ 1,052 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
221 head
▲ 221 vs last sale 0▲ 221 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 0▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, a few standout drafts were in the 500 and 600 weight steers with gains as much as 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 40.00 higher this week. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, also a good supply of bred cows and turnout cows were in the offering this afternoon.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $497.58/cwt on 163 head, up $28.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 31 comparable sales and sits +55.85 against this barn's trailing median of $441.73.
Average price
$497.58
▲ 28.14 vs prior sale
163 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$411
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$100.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs MO average
+6.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534514.142,747125
Medium and Large 1-2555467.132,59321
Medium and Large 2565413.412,33617thin
One grade step is worth $100.73/cwt here — about $411 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale163 hd
497.58
—
MO average16 barns · 2,376 hd
497.45
+0.13
National average167 barns · 10,529 hd
490.83
+6.75
This barn, trailing median31 sales
441.73
+55.85
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
512466421375median 441.7303/0504/2306/1809/1010/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,679219.893,69120
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519192.502,92443
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,214184.972,24669
CowsLean 85-90%Average977158.221,54646

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,191$3,3504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,145$3,13748
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,152$3,12213
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,203$3,10522
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,241$2,7234thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,219$2,63519
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,070$2,5004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,118$2,2986
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)991$3,5257
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$3,4004thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$3,2333thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)835$2,7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$2,4002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$3,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,375$3,7754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,4001thin

Every lot

99 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned297645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,9162
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,1124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321660.43/cwt635.00–685.002,12011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,0572
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned346535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367577.50/cwt575.00–580.002,1194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376601.06/cwt585.00–630.002,2608
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379602.40/cwt575.00–617.502,28333
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6684
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421603.53/cwt575.00–615.002,54111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422577.19/cwt545.00–595.002,43646
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425519.86/cwt500.00–525.002,20917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474507.14/cwt505.00–510.002,4048
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478530.44/cwt515.00–540.002,53649
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9854
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned494538.00/cwt538.00–538.002,65811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527477.73/cwt465.00–485.002,51811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528519.13/cwt500.00–541.002,741104
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565489.45/cwt465.00–516.002,76521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565413.41/cwt395.00–420.002,33617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586455.48/cwt452.50–457.502,66910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607447.68/cwt435.00–470.002,71734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620428.76/cwt427.50–430.002,65810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651406.80/cwt392.50–415.002,64811
Steers650–700Large 2657387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,5463
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671431.67/cwt430.00–432.502,8979
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6684
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,8707
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830368.00/cwt368.00–368.003,0543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed271550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328582.05/cwt555.00–610.001,90915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358571.46/cwt560.00–600.002,04624
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9164
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6824
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387551.54/cwt545.00–555.002,13417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421517.56/cwt500.00–552.502,17943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422488.44/cwt485.00–490.002,06110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7135
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned453548.00/cwt548.00–548.002,4829
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459510.66/cwt480.00–528.002,34491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468464.84/cwt450.00–469.002,17514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520468.46/cwt450.00–480.002,4365
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523474.55/cwt466.00–490.002,48231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2586
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575446.14/cwt431.50–465.002,56518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,34815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,5804
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,4143
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5233
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,7273
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3147
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788348.75/cwt348.75–348.752,74857
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827325.02/cwt320.00–333.502,6888
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2938287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,6925
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2952284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,70412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2496497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,4683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5126
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2552455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,5122
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611433.31/cwt430.00–435.002,6483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2654413.71/cwt407.50–420.002,7066
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,220184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,2451
Bulls——Return to Feed1,378225.89/cwt222.00–230.003,1132
Bulls——1,670218.77/cwt207.50–231.003,65314
Bulls——2,072233.07/cwt232.00–235.004,8293
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919122.11/cwt92.00–138.001,1229
Cows—Lean 85-90%986163.95/cwt146.00–185.001,61730
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013180.10/cwt173.00–182.001,8247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188141.60/cwt135.00–148.001,6822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213178.82/cwt151.00–189.002,16936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217194.91/cwt189.00–207.002,37231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470187.12/cwt182.00–189.002,75111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536194.35/cwt189.00–202.002,98532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27252,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28352,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28552,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29353,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4004
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0733,975.00/head3,975.00–3,975.003,9755
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2053,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29802,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,0702,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1453,137.27/head2,600.00–3,550.003,13748
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1452,287.07/head1,900.00–2,500.002,2875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1523,121.81/head3,100.00–3,150.003,12213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1913,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2033,104.77/head2,500.00–3,200.003,10522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2192,634.96/head2,225.00–2,850.002,63519
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2412,723.36/head2,300.00–3,000.002,7234
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,033214.91/cwt195.00–245.002,2204
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185225.93/cwt218.00–265.002,6777

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.