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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Mar 10

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

120 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 210▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to good demand on a light run.

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	1,837	89.20	1,639	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	69.59	1,070	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,363	60.28	822	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,185	41.00	486	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,239	139.41	1,727	27
Heifers	Select	Average	893	66.01	589	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,492	142.19	2,122	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	131.00	1,434	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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,095	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,434	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,305	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,710	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,495	142.35/cwt	139.00–143.50	2,128	68
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	893	66.01/cwt	62.50–69.00	589	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,150	132.70/cwt	132.50–133.00	1,526	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,259	140.94/cwt	135.00–143.75	1,774	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,837	89.20/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,639	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	486	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	808	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	60.28/cwt	55.00–65.00	822	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,591	71.74/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,141	4

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 Mar 10, 2022

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

Receipts 120Last week 210Year ago 0

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to good demand on a light run.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	131.00	131.00
68	—	1,495	139.00–143.50	142.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	62.50–69.00	66.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	132.50–133.00	132.70
22	—	1,259	135.00–143.75	140.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,591	70.00–75.00	71.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	55.00–65.00	60.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,837	85.00–91.00	89.20

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.