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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-19

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, May 19

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

155 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 175▼ 16 vs year ago 171 · −9.4%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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	—	Low	1,828	101.40	1,854	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,598	77.51	1,238	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	62.81	752	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,557	129.48	2,016	29
Heifers	Choice	High	1,265	137.30	1,737	16
Steers	Choice	Low	1,468	148.46	2,180	65
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	136.47	1,859	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,128	104.88	1,183	3thin

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	1,128	104.88/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,183	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,362	136.47/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,859	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,408	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	2,006	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,470	148.65/cwt	143.00–151.50	2,185	63
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,211	128.69/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,558	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,294	142.56/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,845	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,014	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,725	104.10/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,796	2
Bulls	—	—	2,035	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,954	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	62.81/cwt	61.00–65.00	752	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,554	79.15/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,230	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,905	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,257	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,338	134.47/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,799	9
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,655	127.24/cwt	123.00–129.50	2,106	20

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu May 19, 2022

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

Receipts 155Last week 175Year ago 171

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,725	101.00–108.00	104.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	61.00–65.00	62.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	66.00	66.00
7	—	1,554	75.00–85.00	79.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,352	149.00	149.00
7	—	1,294	140.00–144.00	142.56
7	—	1,211	126.00–135.00	128.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	131.00–135.00	134.47
20	—	1,655	123.00–129.50	127.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	142.50	142.50
63	—	1,470	143.00–151.50	148.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,362	125.00–140.00	136.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	100.00–110.00	104.88

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.