Sale reports / Missouri / Wheeler Livestock Auction / 2026-09-10

Wheeler Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Osceola, Missouri · Thu, Sep 10
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3917
Feeder Cattle receipts
742 head
▲ 330 vs last sale 412▲ 742 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 216 vs last sale 286▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 44▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were very few true weight comparisons due to last week's light run, but steers and heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. There were several good strings of quality calves and demand was good with some much need rain to ease up the dry conditions in the area. Wheeler Livestock held their first online video auction with 3 pot loads of yearlings up for offering. 70 steers with a base weight of 835# selling at 320.00, 68 heifers with a base weight of 725# selling at 331.00 and 65 mix steers with a base weight of 800# bringing 337.50. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.91/cwt on 85 head, down $1.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −46.45 against this barn's trailing median of $409.35.
Average price
$362.91
▼ 1.38 vs prior sale
85 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.53
vs MO average
+25.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540391.862,11834
Medium and Large 1-2570357.202,03724
Medium and Large 2552331.521,82827
One grade step is worth $60.34/cwt here — about $289 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 sale85 hd
362.91
—
MO average5 barns · 268 hd
355.38
+7.53
National average138 barns · 5,113 hd
337.79
+25.12
This barn, trailing median31 sales
409.35
−46.45
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—Low1,587181.612,8838thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,236151.441,87222
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,439150.142,16112
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,043127.951,33510

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 (2-4 yrs)1,138$3,8003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$3,4296
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$3,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,400$2,7569
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,345$2,5504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,350$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$4,3505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$3,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,650$3,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,125$2,7002thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285554.56/cwt530.00–580.001,5802
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4322
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8872
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425499.53/cwt480.00–520.002,1234
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479448.19/cwt435.00–465.002,14728
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2749
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517406.18/cwt395.00–421.002,10016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531431.21/cwt425.00–445.002,29020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564423.98/cwt416.00–428.002,3916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564351.70/cwt335.00–365.001,9846
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565406.58/cwt405.00–407.502,29711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,3473
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622394.88/cwt387.50–405.002,45638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624367.63/cwt360.00–375.002,2946
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4666
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678348.82/cwt345.00–352.502,3654
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,5412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715332.53/cwt330.00–345.002,3786
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5924
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1901313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,82019
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5773
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382481.10/cwt475.00–485.001,8389
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419365.08/cwt360.00–370.001,5304
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422453.14/cwt430.00–470.001,91210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434403.29/cwt399.00–420.001,75016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487416.79/cwt412.50–420.002,03013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495393.98/cwt372.50–396.001,95023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2503336.87/cwt325.00–340.001,6948
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510407.16/cwt400.00–409.002,07720
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9073
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571360.01/cwt356.00–365.002,05621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571333.30/cwt310.00–347.001,90317
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,16114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623365.51/cwt359.00–375.002,27718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1694
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2796
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,3003
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement785350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7485
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,47810
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,64411
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,6095
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned433475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0574
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2486470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2845
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1014
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613374.09/cwt370.00–377.502,2939
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2454
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2703352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,4784
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3312
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2897263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,3592
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573169.51/cwt167.50–171.002,6662
Bulls——1,592185.64/cwt178.00–199.002,9556
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004141.44/cwt140.00–142.501,4204
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069118.96/cwt107.50–124.001,2726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236151.44/cwt141.00–162.001,87222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,439150.14/cwt141.00–159.002,16112
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1503,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2004,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 21,6503,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1383,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1403,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2283,428.90/head3,200.00–3,900.003,4296
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2372,973.85/head2,700.00–3,100.002,9743
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4032,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4822,646.72/head2,600.00–2,850.002,6476
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2815270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2011

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.