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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-01

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 1

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Aug 11Sep 1Sep 8 →

Receipts

313 head

▲ 103 vs last sale 210▲ 73 vs year ago 240 · +30.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,259	144.37	1,818	130
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	136.95	1,582	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,393	145.07	2,021	129

Every lot

6 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	—	Choice	1,328	138.83/cwt	126.00–141.00	1,844	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,407	146.42/cwt	142.00–149.50	2,060	103
Steers	—	Choice	1,480	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	2,227	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,155	136.95/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,582	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,257	144.95/cwt	141.00–148.50	1,822	121
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	136.64/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,767	9

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 Sep 1, 2022

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

Receipts 313Last week 210Year ago 240

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,328	126.00–141.00	138.83
2	—	1,480	150.50	150.50
103	—	1,407	142.00–149.50	146.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	135.00–139.00	136.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,293	125.00–140.00	136.64
121	—	1,257	141.00–148.50	144.95

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.