Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2019-08-01

Walnut Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Aug 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047
Receipts
270 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 210▲ 270 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 4.00 higher. Slaughter Heifers sold 2.00 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bullocks—Average1,47596.001,4161thin
Bulls—High1,58976.191,2106thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34772.259734thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42070.561,0023thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00042.384248thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,39187.651,22012
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33677.941,0416thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239116.311,44152
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,068102.651,0967thin
HeifersSelectAverage96089.248572thin
SteersChoiceLow1,329116.521,549136
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,247105.071,31020

Every lot

23 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,212111.36/cwt105.00–113.501,35046
Steers—Select and Choice1,23091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1191
Steers—Select and Choice1,248105.81/cwt93.00–113.501,32119
Steers—Choice1,389119.16/cwt114.00–120.501,65590
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed96089.24/cwt86.00–93.008572
Heifers—Select and Choice1,068102.65/cwt92.00–109.001,0967
Heifers—Choice1,188108.86/cwt106.00–111.001,2933
Heifers—Choice1,229116.14/cwt112.00–118.001,42739
Heifers—Choice1,293119.20/cwt119.00–119.501,54110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0891
Bulls——1,62476.53/cwt75.00–81.001,2434
Bulls——1,82561.00/cwt61.00–61.001,1131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed80562.56/cwt62.00–63.005042
Cows—Lean 85-90%96910.00/cwt10.00–10.00971
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01349.30/cwt45.00–55.004992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13235.11/cwt30.00–41.003973
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34772.25/cwt70.00–73.009734
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42070.56/cwt68.00–75.001,0023
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,33677.94/cwt72.00–79.251,0416
Dairy Steers—Choice1,35080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0801
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38387.53/cwt84.00–91.501,2119
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3342
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,47596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4161

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.