Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2019-09-12

Walnut Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047
Receipts
240 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 315▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter cattle prices were sharply lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 10.00 to 10.50 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower, with the exception of the Breakers, that sold 1.50 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with soft 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—Average1,26878.851,0002thin
Bulls—Average1,70167.711,1528thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47763.539387thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11654.4560818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06042.8145420
HeifersChoiceAverage1,20199.581,19655
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21593.001,1301thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,371100.821,38397
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,20589.411,07715
SteersSelectAverage1,17773.308636thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceLight Weight94586.00/cwt86.00–86.008131
Steers—Select1,17773.30/cwt59.00–80.008636
Steers—Select and Choice1,18557.00/cwt57.00–57.006751
Steers—Select and Choice1,20691.73/cwt85.00–94.001,10614
Steers—Choice1,32077.96/cwt76.00–80.001,0292
Steers—Choice1,377101.46/cwt96.75–103.001,39794
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,19899.84/cwt96.50–102.001,19652
Heifers—Select and Choice1,21593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1301
Heifers—Choice1,26095.15/cwt95.00–95.251,1993
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43760.63/cwt60.00–61.008713
Bulls——1,86071.96/cwt67.00–75.001,3385
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04054.79/cwt50.00–57.0057014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04446.08/cwt41.00–51.0048117
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06028.90/cwt20.00–37.003062
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33015.00/cwt15.00–15.002001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37365.38/cwt62.00–68.008982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38841.18/cwt35.00–46.005722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39261.54/cwt60.00–62.508575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69068.51/cwt68.00–69.001,1582
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,26878.85/cwt75.00–84.001,0002

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.