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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-24

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 24

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

220 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 178▲ 21 vs year ago 199 · +10.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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	1,299	58.26	757	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	64.44	1,047	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,300	59.38	772	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	915	34.99	320	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,268	126.04	1,598	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	120.00	1,508	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	807	50.00	404	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,431	125.60	1,797	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,246	115.40	1,438	9thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,230	115.20/cwt	103.00–118.00	1,417	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,609	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,660	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	125.73/cwt	123.00–127.75	1,800	77
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	807	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	404	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,257	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,508	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,268	126.04/cwt	124.00–127.75	1,598	66
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,191	49.08/cwt	30.00–60.00	585	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,644	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	815	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	346	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	31.24/cwt	30.00–32.50	301	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	635	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	59.17/cwt	55.00–64.00	760	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	994	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,423	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,039	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,656	63.12/cwt	60.00–71.00	1,045	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

Thu Jun 24, 2021

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

Receipts 220Last week 178Year ago 199

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,191	30.00–60.00	49.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	807	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,268	124.00–127.75	126.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,230	103.00–118.00	115.20
1	—	1,375	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	120.00–121.00	120.49
77	—	1,432	123.00–127.75	125.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,656	60.00–71.00	63.12
2	—	1,423	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	42.50	42.50
2	—	965	30.00–32.50	31.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	50.00	50.00
6	—	1,285	55.00–64.00	59.17
1	—	1,420	70.00	70.00

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.