Sale reports / Missouri / Wheeler Livestock Auction / 2026-08-27

Wheeler Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Aug 27
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917
Feeder Cattle receipts
412 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 309▲ 412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 67▲ 286 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 22▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: Wheeler Livestock Auction will hold the Special Replacement Cow sale this Saturday, August 29th @ 4:00 pm

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 30.00 lower. The cattle futures have been much lower since the last sale that was reported but today they made some gains showing some positive moral with the buyers. The announcement by Trump for the pause in the foreign beef tariff has stirred up a lot of negativity and concerns with cattle producers leading to the lower prices in the future markets. Today's supply was light to moderate with good to moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were trading 7.00 to 20.00 lower from the sale two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.28/cwt on 34 head, down $27.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −45.07 against this barn's trailing median of $409.35.
Average price
$364.28
▼ 27.55 vs prior sale
34 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.15
vs MO average
+26.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546368.932,01624
Medium and Large 1-2549353.141,93710thin
One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale34 hd
364.28
—
MO average14 barns · 1,020 hd
353.13
+11.15
National average160 barns · 6,296 hd
338.02
+26.26
This barn, trailing median31 sales
409.35
−45.07
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
457418380341median 409.3503/0504/2306/1809/1010/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.02, low $355.00, median $409.35 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—Low1,636192.793,15516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,420156.002,21548
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193154.621,84583
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,022138.191,41278

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,232$2,9833thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,320$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,158$2,6263thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,455$2,61412
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,375$2,5976
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,194$2,5405
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,410$2,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,342$2,2502thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,230$3,1001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,090$2,5001thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned232578.02/cwt570.00–590.001,3415
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned250550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7492
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5562
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned352500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7604
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8864
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7382
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485436.60/cwt430.00–440.002,1183
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2534
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533366.69/cwt360.00–370.001,9546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9442
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637359.29/cwt359.00–360.002,28910
Steers600–650Large 1-2638329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0994
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663367.28/cwt362.50–368.502,43515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671322.52/cwt320.00–325.002,1644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709337.49/cwt336.00–338.002,39312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4262
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753316.67/cwt315.00–320.002,3853
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3942
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5457
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,6055
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned261530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,3833
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned271470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2744
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1312
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned297360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318496.64/cwt490.00–500.001,5799
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4905
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned352410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7179
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9892
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457435.89/cwt425.00–437.501,99216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460408.75/cwt400.00–417.501,8804
Heifers450–500Medium 2472305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518376.88/cwt370.00–385.001,95213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535357.91/cwt349.00–362.501,9157
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580359.53/cwt350.00–365.002,08511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9843
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629350.41/cwt345.00–352.502,2047
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638333.90/cwt330.00–336.002,1309
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681322.54/cwt315.00–325.002,1964
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724311.56/cwt305.00–318.002,2564
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3664
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4133
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2786291.80/cwt290.00–292.502,2947
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2862274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,3625
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5344
Heifers950–1000Large 1-2969273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,6456
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,017258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,6249
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned210570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,1972
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned327509.72/cwt500.00–515.001,6676
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned333447.01/cwt445.00–450.001,4895
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6002
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned415360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4945
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483393.20/cwt380.00–395.001,89924
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9952
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2602346.65/cwt340.00–350.002,0876
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661331.77/cwt330.00–332.502,1937
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0122
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2782305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3852
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,042265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435177.02/cwt175.00–179.002,5403
Bulls——1,601190.67/cwt180.00–209.003,05310
Bulls——1,955215.64/cwt214.00–217.004,2163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985128.46/cwt116.00–133.001,26527
Cows—Lean 85-90%995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042144.01/cwt135.00–156.001,50150
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150139.01/cwt135.00–142.001,5993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193153.49/cwt145.00–164.001,83171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209168.78/cwt165.00–177.002,0419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363167.83/cwt166.00–172.002,2886
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422155.00/cwt150.00–164.002,20440
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545140.61/cwt134.00–148.002,1722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1433,023.85/head2,950.00–3,100.003,0242
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1582,625.76/head2,200.00–2,850.002,6263
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1602,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1612,475.03/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3202,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3252,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3422,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4102,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4142,536.25/head2,450.00–2,725.002,5365
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,4642,596.62/head2,125.00–2,875.002,5978
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5302,663.24/head2,575.00–2,800.002,6633
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2441
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,061242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,5733
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,6964
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2303,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.