Wheeler Livestock Auction Market Report

Osceola, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 12, 2026

616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $376.42/cwt ≈ $2,782/hd at 739 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $510.91/cwt -2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,386/hd at 467 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $480.32/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $2,752/hd at 573 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	616	504
Feeder cattle	501	451
Slaughter cattle	93	45
Replacement cattle	22	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower, based on limited receipts for comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply was light with good demand.

▼ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–328	323	5	650.00	$650.00	$2,100	—
355–372	366	13	600.00–630.00	$616.17	$2,255	-0.64
372–385 unweaned	376	3	590.00	$590.00	$2,218	—
407–447	426	7	555.00–600.00	$576.32	$2,455	-11.60
440 unweaned	440	3	580.00	$580.00	$2,552	-10.00
450–495	477	7	515.00–580.00	$544.35	$2,597	-25.69
500–530	512	23	510.00–515.00	$511.81	$2,620	-4.04
550–597	573	25	470.00–490.00	$480.32	$2,752	-0.28
617–634	629	7	470.00–485.00	$474.20	$2,983	-2.80
674	674	6	424.00	$424.00	$2,858	-40.00
727	727	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,726	-23.00
758	758	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,767	-24.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	3	530.00	$530.00	$2,019	-35.00
403–443	424	8	495.00–550.00	$528.36	$2,240	—
583	583	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,449	-27.43
655–678	662	14	412.50–415.00	$413.23	$2,736	—
711	711	4	356.00	$356.00	$2,531	—
930	930	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,836	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,125	—
692	692	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,491	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,268	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	640.00–660.00	$650.00	$1,625	—
357–386	376	6	530.00–550.00	$536.32	$2,017	-37.13
429–430	430	11	535.00–550.00	$541.81	$2,330	+24.92
455–478	467	31	470.00–530.00	$510.91	$2,386	-2.17
521–534	528	9	425.00–461.00	$440.78	$2,327	-20.95
565–598	575	17	407.00–430.00	$424.48	$2,441	—
590	590	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,360	—
610	610	5	387.50	$387.50	$2,364	—
700–743	739	40	375.00–390.00	$376.42	$2,782	—
752	752	3	355.00	$355.00	$2,670	—
903–941	924	13	300.00–305.00	$301.74	$2,788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,559	—
350–390	376	15	460.00–520.00	$485.83	$1,827	—
410–448	438	13	420.00–475.00	$442.08	$1,936	-8.26
477–496	488	14	415.00–470.00	$441.73	$2,156	-4.92
508	508	3	409.00	$409.00	$2,078	-12.00
571–585	578	6	387.50–390.00	$388.73	$2,247	-27.88
600–615	611	11	367.50–380.00	$376.65	$2,301	-0.85
655–672	666	3	345.00–355.00	$348.28	$2,320	-26.72
794	794	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,700	—
1126	1126	5	210.50	$210.50	$2,370	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,373	—
576	576	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,987	—
600	600	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,920	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	610.00–640.00	$623.95	$2,015	—
378–388	384	10	580.00–600.00	$592.13	$2,274	—
441–447	444	6	440.00–560.00	$500.41	$2,222	-31.78
460	460	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,300	—
503	503	3	510.00	$510.00	$2,565	±0.00
650–660	656	5	360.00–387.50	$380.96	$2,499	-9.04
750–778	766	7	323.00–330.00	$327.06	$2,505	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1405	1183	80-85%	20	155.00–175.00	$165.44	$1,957	—
1205	1205	80-85%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,808	-7.90
1200–1255	1220	80-85%	3	180.00–182.00	$181.00	$2,208	+23.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1005	930	85-90%	4	115.00–130.00	$126.53	$1,177	—
900–1150	1045	85-90%	10	135.00–154.00	$146.37	$1,530	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1495	1342	75-80%	6	176.00–185.00	$180.78	$2,426	—
1320–1830	1491	75-80%	7	163.00–180.00	$171.84	$2,562	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	1	181.00	$181.00	$2,733	—
1315–1855	1546	14	183.00–218.00	$196.87	$3,044	—
1855–2095	1975	2	221.00–227.00	$223.82	$4,420	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–970	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	215.00–250.00	$232.18	$2,213
1000–1135	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	178.00–261.00	$220.32	$2,346

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1383	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,625.00	$2,625.00
1330–1428	1408	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,800.00–2,850.00	$2,809.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1122	1122	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

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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.