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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-12

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Aug 12

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

175 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 260▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.50 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, 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	—	Low	1,914	76.67	1,467	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,522	75.85	1,154	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,330	60.00	798	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	110.50	1,671	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,261	127.07	1,603	34
Steers	Choice	Low	1,411	128.92	1,819	117
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	112.00	1,305	2thin

Every lot

11 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	1,165	112.00/cwt	101.00–122.00	1,305	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,323	122.27/cwt	121.00–123.50	1,618	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,408	129.14/cwt	124.00–130.50	1,818	113
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,030	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,257	127.75/cwt	124.00–129.75	1,606	30
Heifers	—	Choice	1,294	121.97/cwt	120.50–122.50	1,578	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,775	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,065	1
Bulls	—	—	1,983	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,686	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,330	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	798	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,522	75.85/cwt	71.00–85.00	1,154	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,512	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,671	3

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 Aug 12, 2021

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

Receipts 175Last week 260Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	121.00–123.50	122.27
113	—	1,408	124.00–130.50	129.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	101.00–122.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,294	120.50–122.50	121.97
30	—	1,257	124.00–129.75	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,983	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,522	71.00–85.00	75.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	110.50	110.50

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.