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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 17

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

204 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 250▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,798	63.00	1,132	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	45.50	651	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	41.95	537	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	34.19	353	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	90.50	1,311	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	109.05	1,398	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	110.94	1,579	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	83.51	1,055	2thin

Every lot

16 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 Choice	1,263	83.51/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,055	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,388	104.85/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,455	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,417	111.19/cwt	107.25–112.50	1,576	95
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,627	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,722	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,756	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,281	109.57/cwt	106.00–111.75	1,404	46
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	103.11/cwt	98.00–104.50	1,333	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,520	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	836	1
Bulls	—	—	2,075	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,473	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	28.59/cwt	21.00–35.00	250	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	36.76/cwt	25.00–41.00	439	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	41.65/cwt	37.50–48.00	519	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,349	46.10/cwt	43.50–52.00	622	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	651	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,395	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,158	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,459	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,342	5

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 Oct 17, 2019

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

Receipts 204Last week 250Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	25.00–41.00	36.76
5	—	1,349	43.50–52.00	46.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	37.50–48.00	41.65
4	—	875	21.00–35.00	28.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	45.50	45.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,281	106.00–111.75	109.57
4	—	1,293	98.00–104.50	103.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,417	107.25–112.50	111.19
6	—	1,440	113.00	113.00
3	—	1,388	104.00–105.50	104.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	82.00–85.00	83.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,722	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	83.00	83.00
5	—	1,459	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,075	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,520	55.00	55.00

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.