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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-02

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jul 2

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

100 head

▼ 99 vs last sale 199▲ 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 1.50 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers were steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls consisted of too few of numbers for a price test. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,939	83.96	1,628	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,435	60.00	861	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	55.00	825	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,168	51.41	600	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	830	20.00	166	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	83.58	1,244	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,246	96.44	1,202	24
Steers	Choice	Low	1,355	98.00	1,328	45

Every lot

12 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	—	Choice	1,295	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,178	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,356	98.16/cwt	95.50–99.75	1,331	44
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,236	97.34/cwt	93.00–99.25	1,203	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,360	86.55/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,177	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,880	86.20/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,621	4
Bulls	—	—	2,175	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,631	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	830	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	166	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	51.41/cwt	50.00–53.00	600	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,435	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	861	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	825	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,481	82.51/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,222	6
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,382	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 Jul 2, 2020

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

Receipts 100Last week 199Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,481	80.00–86.00	82.51
1	—	1,535	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	50.00–53.00	51.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	91.00	91.00
44	—	1,356	95.50–99.75	98.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	86.00–87.00	86.55
22	—	1,236	93.00–99.25	97.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,175	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,880	80.00–90.00	86.20

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.