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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-30

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, May 30

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

210 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 190▲ 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter Dairy steers sold .50 higher. Slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Leans selling 2.00 higher and Boners selling 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,408	70.99	1,000	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,525	75.00	1,144	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	55.39	838	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	51.61	629	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	38.16	408	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	88.00	1,260	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,120	78.84	883	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,287	117.14	1,508	40
Steers	Choice	Low	1,368	117.59	1,609	108
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	104.00	1,139	1thin

Every lot

19 lots · USDA AMS · Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,095	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,139	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,282	112.05/cwt	105.00–114.50	1,436	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,384	118.63/cwt	115.25–121.25	1,642	91
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,238	110.59/cwt	109.50–111.50	1,369	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,290	117.48/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,515	38
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	995	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	816	1
Bulls	—	—	1,228	50.65/cwt	40.00–61.00	622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,563	76.93/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,202	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	870	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	305	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	302	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	45.31/cwt	41.00–50.50	529	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	52.89/cwt	50.00–59.50	642	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	448	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	58.75/cwt	54.50–62.50	874	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,144	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,805	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	1,218	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,815	42.75/cwt	35.00–51.50	776	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,120	78.84/cwt	75.00–82.00	883	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,432	88.00/cwt	84.25–91.00	1,260	11

This sale against other markets

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	40.00–61.00	50.65
5	—	1,563	71.00–81.00	76.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	35.00	35.00
13	—	1,213	50.00–59.50	52.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	67.50	67.50
2	—	1,815	35.00–51.50	42.75
10	—	1,488	54.50–62.50	58.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	31.00	31.00
2	—	1,168	41.00–50.50	45.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,282	105.00–114.50	112.05
91	—	1,384	115.25–121.25	118.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	75.00–82.00	78.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,432	84.25–91.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	109.50–111.50	110.59
38	—	1,290	114.00–119.50	117.48

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.