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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Aug 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

230 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 270▲ 230 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 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.25 higher on a very high quality set. Slaughter cows were lightly tested. Slaughter bulls sold 4.50 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	—	High	1,798	85.29	1,533	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,060	79.00	837	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	70.90	1,075	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	58.50	704	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	36.02	410	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,428	92.65	1,323	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,180	113.27	1,337	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,092	107.00	1,168	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,340	114.25	1,531	102
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,081	99.67	1,078	3thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,020	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	887	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,112	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,179	2
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,130	104.67/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,183	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,187	107.18/cwt	102.00–110.25	1,272	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,364	115.37/cwt	111.00–117.25	1,574	89
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,092	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,168	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,110	106.50/cwt	104.50–108.00	1,182	14
Heifers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,112	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,201	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,200	115.11/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,381	60
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,834	80.93/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,484	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,060	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	837	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	31.02/cwt	30.00–32.00	339	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	855	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	52.51/cwt	52.00–53.00	624	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	650	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	707	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,499	70.22/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,053	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,211	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,426	92.32/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,316	16
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,460	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,431	1

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	94.00	94.00
4	—	1,834	75.00–89.00	80.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,285	55.00	55.00
2	—	1,188	52.00–53.00	52.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	75.00	75.00
6	—	1,499	68.00–73.00	70.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	51.00	51.00
3	—	1,092	30.00–32.00	31.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,200	112.00–116.00	115.11
14	—	1,110	104.50–108.00	106.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,092	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,187	102.00–110.25	107.18
89	—	1,364	111.00–117.25	115.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,112	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	100.00–107.00	104.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	98.00	98.00
16	—	1,426	90.00–97.00	92.32

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.