Wheeler Livestock Auction Market Report

Osceola, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 4, 2025

2,234 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $450.89/cwt +42.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,397/hd at 532 lb · 164 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $417.78/cwt +57.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,168/hd at 519 lb · 132 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $350.82/cwt +15.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,035/hd at 580 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,234	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–346	337	23	490.00–525.00	$517.67	$1,745	+55.67
348 unweaned	348	6	505.00	$505.00	$1,757	+45.00
372–390	385	44	490.00–510.00	$505.30	$1,945	+60.30
407–445	426	55	470.00–507.50	$486.50	$2,072	+42.15
466 fancy	466	18	515.00	$515.00	$2,400	—
467 unweaned	467	13	500.00	$500.00	$2,335	—
452–493	482	25	484.00–500.00	$488.34	$2,354	+58.34
525–527 unweaned	526	9	440.00–462.50	$447.48	$2,354	+50.82
501–547	532	155	441.00–477.50	$451.09	$2,400	+16.09
554–589	569	87	417.50–452.00	$429.98	$2,447	+39.98
600–640	607	50	386.00–420.00	$412.43	$2,503	—
660–699	670	98	365.00–383.00	$377.53	$2,529	+32.53
713 unweaned	713	13	339.00	$339.00	$2,417	—
721	721	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,451	+5.00
760–778	765	10	334.00–337.00	$336.09	$2,571	+6.09
839	839	5	332.00	$332.00	$2,785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,320	—
383–387	384	12	460.00–470.00	$467.48	$1,795	+46.31
412 unweaned	412	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,875	—
430	430	3	465.00	$465.00	$2,000	+53.24
477–492	488	30	450.00–470.00	$455.87	$2,225	+56.00
503–548	526	34	410.00–437.50	$429.59	$2,260	+45.18
585 unweaned	585	6	355.00	$355.00	$2,077	—
550–597	590	66	390.00–414.00	$402.19	$2,373	+36.57
602–646	630	97	364.00–382.50	$368.66	$2,323	+29.52
670–679	678	76	342.00–345.00	$342.35	$2,321	+20.35
702–712	710	20	331.00–339.50	$333.10	$2,365	—
846	846	9	322.50	$322.50	$2,728	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,168	—
355–397	376	6	410.00–425.00	$417.08	$1,568	—
496	496	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,034	—
525–543	536	8	385.00–390.00	$386.84	$2,073	—
615	615	12	335.00	$335.00	$2,060	+10.00
624	624	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,153	+20.00
667 unweaned	667	10	330.00	$330.00	$2,201	—
676–677	677	8	330.00–335.00	$331.87	$2,247	+18.91
763	763	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,327	+7.48
782–792	790	14	315.00–317.00	$315.42	$2,492	+17.90
808–845	830	10	311.00–317.00	$314.66	$2,612	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,238	—
598	598	3	357.50	$357.50	$2,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–297 unweaned	296	13	485.00–490.00	$488.86	$1,447	—
312	312	17	475.00	$475.00	$1,482	+52.50
332 unweaned	332	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,494	—
393–396	394	38	465.00–475.00	$472.88	$1,863	—
398 unweaned	398	9	450.00	$450.00	$1,791	—
421–438	432	54	445.00–470.00	$453.97	$1,961	+43.97
452–493	473	69	410.00–465.00	$434.81	$2,057	+49.81
506–545	519	132	385.00–440.00	$417.78	$2,168	+57.78
551–565	554	80	375.00–399.00	$386.07	$2,139	—
623	623	46	375.00	$375.00	$2,336	—
726	726	7	340.00	$340.00	$2,468	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,414	+16.24
358	358	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,575	+60.03
402 unweaned	402	5	423.00	$423.00	$1,700	+48.00
410–434	424	23	425.00–440.00	$430.07	$1,823	+65.95
463–493	484	27	365.00–400.00	$387.07	$1,873	+25.04
523 unweaned	523	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,935	+22.00
521–544	535	29	350.00–374.00	$362.01	$1,937	—
563–595	580	116	342.00–373.00	$350.82	$2,035	+16.78
602–645	631	62	340.00–357.00	$348.76	$2,201	+20.76
774	774	32	323.00	$323.00	$2,500	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378 thin fleshed	378	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,493	—
560	560	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,932	+25.75
570 unweaned	570	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,796	—
603–614 unweaned	612	16	315.00–324.00	$322.34	$1,973	—
616–646	634	20	311.00–320.00	$314.73	$1,995	-5.27
672	672	11	316.00	$316.00	$2,124	-1.50
806	806	17	297.00	$297.00	$2,394	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,791	—
860–862	861	6	250.00–265.00	$257.51	$2,217	—
942	942	3	247.50	$247.50	$2,331	—
980	980	3	235.00	$235.00	$2,303	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,008	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 unweaned	320	3	510.00	$510.00	$1,632	—
428 unweaned	428	6	455.00	$455.00	$1,947	—
410–440	430	9	450.00–480.00	$470.47	$2,023	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	355.00	$355.00	$2,077	+20.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1555	1555	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1385	1197	80-85%	33	159.00–172.00	$162.97	$1,951	+7.73
990–1430	1225	80-85%	61	141.00–159.00	$151.63	$1,857	-14.30
1210–1390	1264	80-85%	7	125.00–141.00	$134.59	$1,701	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1640	1428	75-80%	31	151.00–162.00	$155.94	$2,227	—
1270–1800	1451	75-80%	18	163.00–178.00	$168.78	$2,449	+0.18
1475–1520	1498	75-80%	2	146.00–150.00	$148.03	$2,217	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	85-90%	1	87.50	$87.50	$796	—
810–1155	955	85-90%	17	110.00–127.50	$119.89	$1,145	+1.32
845–1170	1025	85-90%	30	130.00–148.00	$137.41	$1,408	+1.29

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1870	1753	4	180.00–184.00	$181.78	$3,187	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1755	1274	5	160.00–174.00	$170.48	$2,172	—
1155–2035	1571	20	176.00–206.00	$187.92	$2,952	—
1825	1825	1	218.00	$218.00	$3,978	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1355	1106	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	174.00–220.00	$201.97	$2,234
1050–1240	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	170.00–192.50	$181.35	$2,062

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1127	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1332	1332	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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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.