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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Feb 6

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

154 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 260▲ 154 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 6.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.25 to 8.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter bulls were lightly tested to last weeks light numbers. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,380	71.00	980	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,930	71.17	1,374	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,343	77.45	1,040	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	48.12	685	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,222	43.78	535	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	30.35	345	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,511	87.35	1,320	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,049	56.50	593	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,289	116.84	1,507	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	84.67	919	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	963	68.28	658	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,349	117.14	1,580	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,151	93.15	1,072	4thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,151	93.15/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,072	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,270	103.93/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,320	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,354	118.02/cwt	113.50–118.75	1,598	30
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	963	68.28/cwt	64.00–73.00	658	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,078	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	981	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,100	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	792	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,228	108.34/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,330	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	117.34/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,517	34
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	799	1
Bulls	—	—	2,160	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,566	1
Bulls	—	—	2,320	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,856	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	269	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,104	29.26/cwt	21.00–40.00	323	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	31.69/cwt	31.00–34.00	366	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,180	70.67/cwt	64.00–77.00	834	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	45.17/cwt	41.00–51.00	557	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	668	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,347	37.98/cwt	30.00–45.00	512	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	52.47/cwt	50.00–55.00	764	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,670	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,520	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,035	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	725	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,049	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	593	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,606	90.82/cwt	86.50–91.75	1,459	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,380	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	980	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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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Feb 6, 2020

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

Receipts 154Last week 260Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	61.00	61.00
1	—	2,160	72.50	72.50
1	—	2,320	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	52.00	52.00
4	—	1,104	21.00–40.00	29.26
30	—	1,233	41.00–51.00	45.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	30.00–45.00	37.98
7	—	1,456	50.00–55.00	52.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	25.00	25.00
4	—	1,154	31.00–34.00	31.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,180	64.00–77.00	70.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,151	91.00–95.00	93.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	101.00–106.00	103.93
30	—	1,354	113.50–118.75	118.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	70.00	70.00
5	—	1,606	86.50–91.75	90.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,049	56.50	56.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	105.00–111.00	108.34
34	—	1,293	114.00–119.00	117.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	64.00–73.00	68.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	72.00	72.00

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.