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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-28

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jul 28

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

180 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 220▲ 80 vs year ago 100 · +80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	2,005	88.13	1,767	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,569	83.40	1,309	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	71.67	857	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,230	56.50	695	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,274	125.80	1,603	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	144.52	1,842	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,362	146.46	1,995	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,226	136.41	1,672	4thin

Every lot

12 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	136.41/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,672	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,278	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,789	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,370	147.07/cwt	143.00–150.25	2,015	64
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,232	138.30/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,704	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,278	145.04/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,854	60
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,005	88.13/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,767	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	561	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	71.67/cwt	70.00–75.00	857	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,256	57.60/cwt	55.00–65.00	723	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,569	83.40/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,309	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,268	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,547	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,300	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,833	1

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 180Last week 220Year ago 100

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,005	82.00–90.00	88.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	70.00–75.00	71.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	81.00–87.00	83.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,256	55.00–65.00	57.60
1	—	1,100	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,278	142.00–147.00	145.04
5	—	1,232	136.00–140.00	138.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,370	143.00–150.25	147.07
6	—	1,278	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	135.00–141.00	136.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,300	141.00	141.00

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.