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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-30

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jul 30

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

200 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 225▼ 70 vs year ago 270 · −25.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold 2.75 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,610	80.00	1,288	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	61.58	1,009	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	53.29	692	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	49.00	534	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,535	90.00	1,382	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	100.05	1,256	55
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	101.27	1,391	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	93.74	1,127	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,073	57.00	611	2thin

Every lot

14 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	995	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	498	1
Steers	—	Select	1,150	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	736	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,202	93.74/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,127	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,270	94.26/cwt	93.50–95.00	1,197	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,379	101.60/cwt	98.50–103.50	1,401	84
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,254	100.22/cwt	98.75–101.75	1,257	54
Heifers	—	Choice	1,315	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,288	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	336	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	534	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	832	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	55.80/cwt	51.00–60.00	745	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	61.58/cwt	57.00–66.00	1,009	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,382	2

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 200Last week 225Year ago 270

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,254	98.75–101.75	100.22
1	—	1,315	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	64.00	64.00
1	—	995	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,379	98.50–103.50	101.60
4	—	1,270	93.50–95.00	94.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,202	92.00–96.00	93.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,638	57.00–66.00	61.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,336	51.00–60.00	55.80
1	—	1,320	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,085	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	90.00	90.00

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.