Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2020-06-25

Walnut Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 25
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047
Receipts
199 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 100▼ 90 vs year ago 289 · −31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.25 to 5.75 lower. No test for slaughter dairy steers and slaughter bulls to two weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold 3.50 to 4.00 lower. Trade was active with soft to moderate 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—Average1,35588.001,1921thin
Bulls—High1,59881.291,29916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54859.189166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,27946.855996thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00727.532774thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56683.741,31110
HeifersChoiceLow1,25298.191,22960
SteersChoiceLow1,36998.601,35074
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,12884.789563thin
SteersSelectAverage1,03568.007041thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,03568.00/cwt68.00–68.007041
Steers—Select and Choice1,12884.78/cwt82.00–86.009563
Steers—Choice1,35490.49/cwt83.00–93.501,2257
Steers—Choice1,37199.45/cwt96.00–102.001,36367
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,21393.79/cwt90.00–95.501,13815
Heifers—Choice1,26599.66/cwt96.00–102.501,26145
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05362.23/cwt50.00–75.006552
Bulls——1,65782.94/cwt80.00–87.501,37413
Bulls——1,92598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88515.00/cwt15.00–15.001331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04335.06/cwt30.00–41.003662
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05525.00/cwt25.00–25.002641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12022.00/cwt22.00–22.002461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27350.03/cwt45.00–55.006374
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46059.00/cwt59.00–59.008611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54859.18/cwt56.00–63.009166
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,3461
Dairy Steers—Choice1,58082.66/cwt82.50–83.001,3069
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,35588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1921

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.