Wheeler Livestock Auction Market Report

Osceola, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 2, 2025

1,143 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $349.25/cwt ≈ $3,143/hd at 900 lb · 122 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $382.58/cwt ≈ $2,540/hd at 664 lb · 103 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $389.20/cwt ≈ $1,615/hd at 415 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,143	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
258	258	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,226
301–309	307	14	420.00–445.00	$439.75	$1,350
431–448	433	57	430.00–445.00	$431.91	$1,870
498	498	4	420.00	$420.00	$2,092
507–544	531	38	375.00–400.00	$386.07	$2,050
657–681	668	30	370.00–373.00	$371.40	$2,481
706–710	709	21	338.00–347.00	$344.87	$2,445
772–787	778	7	335.00–344.00	$340.10	$2,646

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305	305	7	475.00	$475.00	$1,449
368	368	13	475.00	$475.00	$1,748
419–435	425	8	450.00–470.00	$457.68	$1,945
463–467	464	10	435.00–460.00	$450.47	$2,090
596	596	4	396.00	$396.00	$2,360
700	700	3	347.50	$347.50	$2,432
900	900	122	349.25	$349.25	$3,143

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420	420	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,554
485–497	488	16	360.00–367.50	$361.91	$1,766
512–519	517	12	355.00–360.00	$356.65	$1,844
552	552	7	355.00	$355.00	$1,960
636	636	23	325.00	$325.00	$2,067

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
661–673	667	16	364.00–365.00	$364.50	$2,431
798	798	16	332.50	$332.50	$2,653
846	846	25	335.00	$335.00	$2,834

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–635	625	14	350.00–367.00	$361.35	$2,258

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
573–584	580	10	349.00–350.00	$349.40	$2,027
721	721	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,307

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
306–331	321	22	375.00–425.00	$403.59	$1,296
403–438	415	72	385.00–405.00	$389.20	$1,615
482 unweaned	482	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,783
482–498	489	19	373.00–375.00	$374.14	$1,830
517–543	525	20	374.00–380.00	$378.14	$1,985
552–578	564	9	360.00–375.00	$368.16	$2,076
578	578	4	355.00	$355.00	$2,052
601–620	613	14	357.50–358.00	$357.82	$2,193
757	757	19	339.00	$339.00	$2,566
770	770	4	326.00	$326.00	$2,510

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
401	401	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,724
559	559	16	380.00	$380.00	$2,124
615	615	3	380.00	$380.00	$2,337
658–675	664	103	378.50–384.00	$382.58	$2,540

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
362–370	364	17	360.00–365.00	$363.80	$1,324
506–514	508	20	355.00–360.00	$358.74	$1,822
567	567	6	357.50	$357.50	$2,027
602	602	2	349.00	$349.00	$2,101
670–696	685	26	321.00–335.00	$325.74	$2,231

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
366	366	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,281
443	443	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,617
473–492	483	11	357.50–365.00	$360.48	$1,741
498 thin fleshed	498	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,743
527–539	533	15	340.00–350.00	$348.01	$1,855
550–580	568	22	340.00–345.00	$340.88	$1,936

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
327–340	332	8	455.00–500.00	$472.29	$1,568
456	456	3	460.00	$460.00	$2,098
515–547	528	5	360.00–385.00	$374.64	$1,978
650	650	7	325.00	$325.00	$2,112

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
442	442	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,547

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1405	1150	80-85%	47	151.00–166.00	$159.43	$1,833
1010–1375	1200	80-85%	23	167.00–180.00	$171.19	$2,054
1150–1380	1218	80-85%	7	130.00–149.00	$141.05	$1,718

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1055	946	85-90%	4	152.50–155.00	$153.90	$1,456
875–1075	994	85-90%	5	114.00–123.00	$119.99	$1,193
850–1165	1009	85-90%	26	125.00–151.00	$139.80	$1,411

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1230–1700	1400	75-80%	15	163.00–169.00	$166.54	$2,332
1265–1810	1458	75-80%	19	171.00–184.00	$175.87	$2,564

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1520–1650	1586	4	150.00–171.00	$160.93	$2,552
1415–1970	1678	10	181.00–199.00	$191.47	$3,213
1900–2050	1975	2	216.00	$216.00	$4,266

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,590
990–1235	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	164.00–245.00	$188.26	$2,020

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1495	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,300.00–3,100.00	$2,699.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–820	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,602.47
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1300	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00–3,000.00	$2,950.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.