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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, May 20

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

171 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 130▼ 69 vs year ago 240 · −28.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to 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	—	High	2,007	86.55	1,737	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,501	77.22	1,159	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,475	62.52	922	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	56.23	714	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	45.95	465	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	101.00	1,389	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,663	100.39	1,669	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	113.09	1,449	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	997	100.00	997	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,419	117.31	1,664	61

Every lot

20 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	1,362	111.90/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,524	25
Steers	—	Choice	1,458	121.07/cwt	117.00–122.50	1,765	36
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	925	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	907	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,140	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,186	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,266	116.35/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,473	29
Heifers	—	Choice	1,308	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,406	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,900	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,805	1
Bulls	—	—	2,042	83.73/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,710	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	37.44/cwt	31.00–41.00	326	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	51.63/cwt	45.00–55.00	572	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	459	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	783	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,273	52.02/cwt	51.00–53.00	662	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	56.73/cwt	51.00–61.00	730	13
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,268	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,054	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,524	64.09/cwt	60.00–68.00	977	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,543	72.77/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,123	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,389	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,663	100.39/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,669	16

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 May 20, 2021

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

Receipts 171Last week 130Year ago 240

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	45.00–55.00	51.63
2	—	870	31.00–41.00	37.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	65.00	65.00
13	—	1,287	51.00–61.00	56.73
1	—	1,120	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	51.00–53.00	52.02
1	—	1,485	71.00	71.00
8	—	1,524	60.00–68.00	64.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,543	70.00–75.00	72.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,266	112.00–118.00	116.35
17	—	1,308	105.00–110.50	107.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,663	100.00–101.00	100.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	95.00	95.00
3	—	2,042	80.00–90.00	83.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,362	101.00–115.00	111.90
36	—	1,458	117.00–122.50	121.07

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.