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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Mar 25

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

150 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 145▲ 150 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 traded steady to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.25 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 1.75 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 lower. Trade was active with good 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	1,779	70.58	1,255	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,450	78.57	1,140	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,626	54.49	886	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	49.58	622	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	43.67	465	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	101.09	1,484	13
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,378	111.50	1,536	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	91.00	983	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,473	115.40	1,700	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	92.45	1,131	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,025	79.50	815	2thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	970	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	912	1
Steers	—	Select	1,080	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	702	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,223	92.45/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,131	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,467	115.81/cwt	112.00–116.75	1,699	53
Steers	—	Choice	1,570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,649	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,747	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,080	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	983	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,372	112.00/cwt	110.50–113.50	1,537	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,450	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,523	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,095	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	548	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,422	2
Bulls	—	—	1,850	71.42/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,321	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	43.67/cwt	36.00–46.00	465	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,249	50.76/cwt	45.00–55.00	634	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	436	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,340	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	831	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,487	84.10/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,251	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,626	54.49/cwt	52.00–55.00	886	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,468	101.09/cwt	92.50–102.00	1,484	13

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,850	65.00–75.00	71.42
2	—	1,835	77.50	77.50
1	—	1,095	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,223	90.00–96.00	92.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	105.00	105.00
53	—	1,467	112.00–116.75	115.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	105.00	105.00
13	—	1,372	110.50–113.50	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,249	45.00–55.00	50.76
1	—	1,320	33.00	33.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	62.00	62.00
3	—	1,487	82.00–86.00	84.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,065	36.00–46.00	43.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,626	52.00–55.00	54.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,468	92.50–102.00	101.09

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.