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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-06

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 6

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

175 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 210▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total Slaughter Cattle Receipts 175 head

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to .50 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold .50 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 2.50 lower. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	—	Average	1,415	71.00	1,005	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,693	58.53	991	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	50.19	670	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,194	36.75	439	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,339	87.50	1,172	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	77.66	1,028	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,228	116.77	1,433	49
Steers	Choice	Average	1,338	118.28	1,583	66

Every lot

12 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,338	118.28/cwt	115.75–120.00	1,583	66
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,052	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,157	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,235	117.06/cwt	114.50–119.50	1,446	47
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,415	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,005	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	511	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	26.71/cwt	20.00–35.00	315	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	43.44/cwt	41.00–47.50	523	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,361	50.84/cwt	38.00–56.00	692	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,668	56.27/cwt	52.50–60.00	939	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,743	63.05/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,099	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,324	77.66/cwt	71.00–81.50	1,028	7
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,339	87.50/cwt	82.25–88.85	1,172	7

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

Thu Jun 6, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 175Last week 210Year ago 0

Total Slaughter Cattle Receipts 175 head

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,235	114.50–119.50	117.06
2	—	1,052	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,324	71.00–81.50	77.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,339	82.25–88.85	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	41.00–47.50	43.44
2	—	1,180	20.00–35.00	26.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,668	52.50–60.00	56.27
6	—	1,743	60.00–65.00	63.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,361	38.00–56.00	50.84
1	—	1,135	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,338	115.75–120.00	118.28

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.