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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-13

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 13

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

265 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 214▲ 265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the past 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	—	Average	1,977	67.50	1,335	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,563	55.46	867	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	47.60	626	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	24.96	274	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	115.46	1,589	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,458	136.77	1,994	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,026	116.00	1,190	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,510	137.80	2,081	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	115.78	1,430	4thin

Every lot

17 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	1,235	115.78/cwt	105.00–128.00	1,430	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,424	123.65/cwt	104.00–133.00	1,761	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,497	139.36/cwt	135.50–141.50	2,086	135
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,744	126.59/cwt	111.00–139.00	2,208	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,026	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,190	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,404	130.68/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,835	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,468	137.94/cwt	133.00–140.00	2,025	26
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	639	1
Bulls	—	—	2,163	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,622	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	32.93/cwt	31.00–35.00	341	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	35.13/cwt	32.00–41.00	384	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	20.98/cwt	20.00–22.00	237	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,403	52.59/cwt	50.00–60.00	738	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	62.51/cwt	62.00–63.00	960	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	55.37/cwt	51.00–61.00	867	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	45.52/cwt	41.00–50.00	723	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,376	115.46/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,589	11

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 Jan 13, 2022

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

Receipts 265Last week 214Year ago 0

No price comparisons to the past 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
4	—	1,128	20.00–22.00	20.98
2	—	1,035	31.00–35.00	32.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	41.00–50.00	45.52
15	—	1,565	51.00–61.00	55.37
3	—	1,535	62.00–63.00	62.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,403	50.00–60.00	52.59
4	—	1,093	32.00–41.00	35.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,404	128.00–132.00	130.68
26	—	1,468	133.00–140.00	137.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,026	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,424	104.00–133.00	123.65
135	—	1,497	135.50–141.50	139.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,744	111.00–139.00	126.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	105.00–128.00	115.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,163	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,420	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,376	110.00–116.00	115.46

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.