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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 21

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Jan 7Jan 21Jan 28 →

Receipts

235 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 170▲ 25 vs year ago 210 · +11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. slaughter steers sold 3.50 to 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers selling 5.50 higher, Boners .75 higher, and Leans 5.50 lower. 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	—	Average	1,820	65.00	1,183	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,507	63.75	960	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,599	51.36	821	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,140	36.52	416	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	25.94	311	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,321	101.85	1,345	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,099	91.16	1,002	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,536	106.12	1,630	114

Every lot

17 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	1,135	96.55/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,096	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,543	106.29/cwt	102.00–108.75	1,640	112
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,050	73.47/cwt	72.00–75.00	771	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,104	93.13/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,028	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,304	98.78/cwt	95.00–100.50	1,288	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,332	103.95/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,385	19
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,820	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,183	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	735	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	147	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,055	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	433	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	32.68/cwt	22.50–41.00	379	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	29.89/cwt	25.00–35.00	353	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,185	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	972	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,227	20.68/cwt	20.00–21.00	254	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	48.42/cwt	43.00–53.00	601	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,582	55.12/cwt	53.00–58.00	872	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,617	64.39/cwt	61.50–71.00	1,041	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	429	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 Jan 21, 2021

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

Receipts 235Last week 170Year ago 210

Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,104	86.00–97.00	93.13
2	—	1,050	72.00–75.00	73.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,332	102.00–107.00	103.95
13	—	1,304	95.00–100.50	98.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,543	102.00–108.75	106.29
2	—	1,135	95.00–98.00	96.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,582	53.00–58.00	55.12
1	—	1,715	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,181	25.00–35.00	29.89
3	—	1,227	20.00–21.00	20.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,617	61.50–71.00	64.39
1	—	1,055	41.00	41.00
1	—	1,185	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,160	22.50–41.00	32.68
1	—	735	20.00	20.00
3	—	1,242	43.00–53.00	48.42

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.