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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 7

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

160 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 205▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 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	1,717	86.64	1,488	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,225	90.00	1,103	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	58.35	934	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	55.90	693	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,263	124.05	1,567	48
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	124.53	1,779	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,369	112.91	1,546	6thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,330	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,593	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,369	112.91/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,546	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,437	124.93/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,795	59
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,120	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,232	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,266	124.35/cwt	120.00–125.75	1,574	47
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,503	90.46/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,360	2
Bulls	—	—	2,145	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,695	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	50.49/cwt	50.00–51.00	611	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,225	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,103	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	58.61/cwt	54.00–63.00	736	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,601	58.35/cwt	55.00–61.00	934	5

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 Oct 7, 2021

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

Receipts 160Last week 205Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 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
2	—	1,503	90.00–91.00	90.46
1	—	2,145	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	54.00–63.00	58.61
2	—	1,210	50.00–51.00	50.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,601	55.00–61.00	58.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,266	120.00–125.75	124.35
1	—	1,120	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,437	121.00–126.00	124.93
5	—	1,330	119.75	119.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,369	102.00–117.00	112.91

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.