Wheeler Livestock Auction Market Report

Osceola, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 6, 2026

648 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 3 steers $322.00/cwt ≈ $1,137/hd at 353 lb · 68 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $377.86/cwt -9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $2,386/hd at 631 lb · 22 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $350.09/cwt +5.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,135/hd at 610 lb · 20 head

Osceola, MO 3-weight steers sold at $351/cwt, running $120/cwt below the MO average ($471) and $186/cwt under Springfield, MO ($537). MO 3-weight steers are down $130 from their early July peak of $609. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	648	527
Feeder cattle	448	294
Slaughter cattle	106	150
Replacement cattle	94	83

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, with a lower supply and little comparisons last week, today's sale shows a positive trend to the market prices. There was a light supply but the offering today had some better attractive calves that crossed the scales. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower. There was a nice sellout of big fancier type bred cows in the 2nd and 3rd stages, buyers also showed good demand for those replacements and some other cow/calf pairs, and a good offering of younger open cows to take back home to breed.

→ Replacement cows: There was a nice sellout of big fancier type bred cows in the 2nd and 3rd stages
▼ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	620.00	$620.00	$1,705	—
417	417	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,002	+20.00
426 unweaned	426	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,938	—
485	485	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,110	-22.50
520–545	541	6	447.50–465.00	$450.30	$2,436	+21.77
563–595	570	15	400.00–412.00	$408.83	$2,330	—
570 unweaned	570	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,166	—
627	627	3	367.50	$367.50	$2,304	-20.00
617–637	632	19	365.00–390.00	$379.50	$2,398	-8.00
710–744	733	12	346.00–369.00	$356.12	$2,610	—
758–780	772	17	335.00–342.00	$339.28	$2,619	+9.28
983	983	4	308.00	$308.00	$3,028	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	5	370.00	$370.00	$870	—
353	353	68	322.00	$322.00	$1,137	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	640.00	$640.00	$1,984	—
350–377	372	5	570.00–590.00	$573.77	$2,134	+33.77
431 unweaned	431	5	507.50	$507.50	$2,187	—
450–496	482	14	480.00–525.00	$507.36	$2,445	—
511–530	516	4	485.00–510.00	$503.58	$2,598	+62.06
614 fancy	614	10	458.00	$458.00	$2,812	—
670–673	672	15	369.00–377.00	$370.59	$2,490	-11.91

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,236	—
635	635	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,381	—
716	716	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,434	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,045	—
673	673	3	336.00	$336.00	$2,261	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
733	733	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,539	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	6	600.00	$600.00	$1,740	-29.00
355	355	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,846	—
422 unweaned	422	2	505.00	$505.00	$2,131	—
400–446	441	10	470.00–520.00	$487.90	$2,152	+7.02
451–480	457	19	430.00–470.00	$433.22	$1,980	-27.20
500–507	505	6	402.50–430.00	$411.58	$2,078	-22.20
570	570	8	411.00	$411.00	$2,343	—
615	615	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,429	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,835	+25.37
403–410	405	4	430.00–435.00	$433.73	$1,757	+13.73
491	491	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,087	+14.93
543–547	545	8	387.50–395.00	$391.24	$2,132	-18.65
559–585	564	10	392.50–400.00	$398.44	$2,247	+18.44
603	603	11	345.00	$345.00	$2,080	±0.00
605–622	618	9	355.00–365.00	$356.32	$2,202	+11.32
665	665	4	337.50	$337.50	$2,244	+3.50
813	813	4	324.00	$324.00	$2,634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	2	470.00	$470.00	$1,678	—
471–490	482	7	312.50–370.00	$336.59	$1,622	—
550–592	568	11	360.00–382.50	$373.77	$2,123	+11.27
607–630	613	4	340.00–345.00	$341.29	$2,092	—
670–695	676	4	325.00–330.00	$328.72	$2,222	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,948	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,526	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	6	550.00	$550.00	$1,903	-49.14
445	445	3	475.00	$475.00	$2,114	-8.28
535	535	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,247	—
572 unweaned	572	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,231	—
600–635	629	6	362.50–375.00	$364.49	$2,293	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445 unweaned	432	5	510.00–550.00	$529.37	$2,287	—
460	460	2	510.00	$510.00	$2,346	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	3	332.00	$332.00	$2,228	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1315	1200	80-85%	13	162.00–181.00	$173.00	$2,076	-18.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,218	—
885–975	943	85-90%	6	145.00–164.00	$155.05	$1,462	+20.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	75-80%	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,674	—
1340–1565	1416	75-80%	5	174.00–180.00	$176.99	$2,506	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–2275	1652	12	208.50–238.00	$221.57	$3,660	—
1410–2245	1688	4	200.00–205.00	$201.04	$3,394	—
1785–1810	1798	2	240.00–246.00	$242.98	$4,369	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1271	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	225.00–290.00	$242.59	$2,792
1208–1269	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	205.00–215.00	$207.22	$2,601
1275	1275	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,932

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1545	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,700.00–4,200.00	$4,063.13
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	4,750.00	$4,750.00
1362–1500	1385	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	4,600.00–4,900.00	$4,845.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1142	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	4,400.00–4,750.00	$4,542.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1195–1215	1205	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,750.00	$2,626.04
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
953	953	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—
1490	1490	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—
1475–2030	1753	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,500.00–5,200.00	$4,850.00	—
1800	1800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	5,600.00	$5,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	+400.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,700.00	$4,700.00	-300.00

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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.