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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-11

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 11

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

100 head

▼ 165 vs last sale 265▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.25 to 7.25 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with soft demand on a light run today.

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	965	71.00	685	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,280	79.02	1,011	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	62.76	1,003	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,399	52.52	735	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	670	10.00	67	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	103.59	1,368	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	105.37	1,447	58
Steers	Select	Average	1,108	66.04	732	3thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,108	66.04/cwt	58.00–82.00	732	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,373	105.37/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,447	58
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,145	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,031	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,330	104.35/cwt	99.00–105.75	1,388	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,280	79.02/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,011	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	670	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	67	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	605	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	54.02/cwt	50.00–58.00	762	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	62.76/cwt	60.00–65.50	1,003	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	965	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	685	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 Jun 11, 2020

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Receipts 100Last week 265Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	45.00	45.00
5	—	1,410	50.00–58.00	54.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,598	60.00–65.50	62.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,330	99.00–105.75	104.35
1	—	1,145	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,373	100.00–106.50	105.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	58.00–82.00	66.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	75.00–83.00	79.02

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.