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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-07

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jul 7

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

200 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 150▲ 15 vs year ago 185 · +8.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. No dairy steers last week for a price comparison. No price comparisons to last week of light slaughter cows and bulls offerings. 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	—	Average	1,740	104.89	1,825	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,535	126.00	1,934	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	97.48	1,500	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	79.39	1,086	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,263	52.45	662	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	130.76	1,976	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	150.82	1,885	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,112	128.01	1,423	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,090	101.52	1,107	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	152.72	2,147	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,226	138.17	1,694	9thin

Every lot

18 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	1,226	138.17/cwt	112.50–146.00	1,694	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,302	145.67/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,897	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,410	153.02/cwt	148.00–155.25	2,158	70
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,090	101.52/cwt	91.00–107.00	1,107	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,112	128.01/cwt	110.00–142.00	1,423	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,180	141.53/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,670	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,254	151.36/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,898	52
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,673	106.07/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,775	5
Bulls	—	—	2,075	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	2,054	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	64.37/cwt	54.00–72.00	801	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	40.53/cwt	40.00–41.00	519	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	88.19/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,160	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,408	72.79/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,025	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	90.24/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,336	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,934	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	98.93/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,535	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	105.47/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,682	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,511	130.76/cwt	130.50–131.00	1,976	10

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 Jul 7, 2022

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

Receipts 200Last week 150Year ago 185

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,673	101.00–110.00	106.07
1	—	2,075	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	69.00–76.00	72.79
3	—	1,315	85.00–93.00	88.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,552	94.00–104.00	98.93
2	—	1,595	105.00–106.00	105.47
4	—	1,481	89.00–92.00	90.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	54.00–72.00	64.37
2	—	1,280	40.00–41.00	40.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,090	91.00–107.00	101.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,112	110.00–142.00	128.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,254	146.00–154.00	151.36
3	—	1,180	136.00–145.00	141.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,410	148.00–155.25	153.02
3	—	1,302	145.00–146.00	145.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,226	112.50–146.00	138.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,511	130.50–131.00	130.76

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.