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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 22

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

160 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 220▼ 150 vs year ago 310 · −48.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.75 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 4.75 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,692	53.92	912	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,170	41.07	480	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	40.00	438	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,627	94.64	1,540	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,275	101.80	1,298	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	103.33	1,520	90
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	94.50	1,115	2thin

Every lot

9 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 and Choice	1,180	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,115	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,471	103.33/cwt	100.50–104.50	1,520	90
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,275	102.02/cwt	98.00–103.50	1,301	44
Heifers	—	Choice	1,280	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,178	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,065	33.10/cwt	31.00–35.00	353	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	438	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	787	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,692	53.92/cwt	50.00–59.00	912	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,627	94.64/cwt	94.25–95.00	1,540	8

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 Oct 22, 2020

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

Receipts 160Last week 220Year ago 310

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	31.00–35.00	33.10
1	—	1,380	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,692	50.00–59.00	53.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	92.00	92.00
44	—	1,275	98.00–103.50	102.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,471	100.50–104.50	103.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,627	94.25–95.00	94.64

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.