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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 27

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

145 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 265▼ 35 vs year ago 180 · −19.4%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold mixed, with steers selling 4.00 higher and heifers 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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	—	Low	1,814	72.80	1,320	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,510	62.55	945	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	50.66	676	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	48.39	540	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	134.97	1,710	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	990	100.00	990	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,527	140.11	2,140	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	131.66	1,801	8thin

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	1,368	131.66/cwt	119.00–135.00	1,801	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	132.26/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,885	14
Steers	—	Choice	1,534	143.63/cwt	138.50–146.00	2,203	58
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,785	116.49/cwt	100.00–135.00	2,079	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	990	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	990	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,227	130.47/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,601	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,247	136.00/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,696	16
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,251	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	62.07/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,192	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,050	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	746	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	48.39/cwt	41.00–50.00	540	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	308	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,412	55.32/cwt	55.00–56.00	781	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	740	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,490	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	626	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	64.86/cwt	60.00–70.00	987	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 Jan 27, 2022

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

Receipts 145Last week 265Year ago 180

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,247	134.00–139.00	136.00
3	—	1,227	128.00–132.00	130.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	51.00	51.00
5	—	1,522	60.00–70.00	64.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,115	41.00–50.00	48.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	25.00	25.00
1	—	1,490	42.00	42.00
3	—	1,412	55.00–56.00	55.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,425	125.00–135.50	132.26
58	—	1,534	138.50–146.00	143.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,368	119.00–135.00	131.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,785	100.00–135.00	116.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,920	60.00–68.00	62.07
1	—	1,495	105.00	105.00

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.