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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 14

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

200 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 160▼ 20 vs year ago 220 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. No dairy steers last week for a price comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested

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	1,833	60.00	1,100	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	54.18	794	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,325	46.59	617	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	27.83	285	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	112.61	1,636	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	122.57	1,549	47
Steers	Choice	Low	1,482	123.37	1,829	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	114.05	1,533	5thin

Every lot

14 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	1,344	114.05/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,533	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,475	123.96/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,828	81
Steers	—	Choice	1,526	118.10/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,802	7
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,780	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	2,003	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,264	122.57/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,549	47
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,825	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	913	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,288	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	24.09/cwt	20.00–25.00	224	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	32.81/cwt	30.00–40.00	378	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	492	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	686	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,357	48.79/cwt	45.00–55.00	662	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	54.97/cwt	52.00–61.00	822	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,453	112.61/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,636	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 Oct 14, 2021

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

Receipts 200Last week 160Year ago 220

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. No dairy steers last week for a price comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	30.00–40.00	32.81
4	—	931	20.00–25.00	24.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	51.00	51.00
4	—	1,495	52.00–61.00	54.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	40.00	40.00
6	—	1,357	45.00–55.00	48.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,453	105.00–115.50	112.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,526	115.00–119.00	118.10
81	—	1,475	120.00–125.50	123.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,344	110.00–115.00	114.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,264	120.00–125.50	122.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,840	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.