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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 22

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

250 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 215▲ 45 vs year ago 205 · +22.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. 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	1,790	93.50	1,674	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,295	111.89	1,449	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	87.70	1,261	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	73.04	889	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,264	147.57	1,866	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,108	119.00	1,319	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	149.80	2,163	144
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	115.95	1,527	8thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,317	115.95/cwt	100.00–141.00	1,527	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,380	140.75/cwt	127.50–143.50	1,942	18
Steers	—	Choice	1,447	151.13/cwt	145.00–153.75	2,187	120
Steers	—	Choice	1,512	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,328	4
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,722	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,462	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,108	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,319	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,256	149.24/cwt	146.00–151.50	1,874	62
Heifers	—	Choice	1,328	134.66/cwt	127.00–141.00	1,788	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,248	1
Bulls	—	—	2,020	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,161	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	955	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	840	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	962	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	70.09/cwt	66.00–76.00	845	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,295	111.89/cwt	102.50–120.00	1,449	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	64.49/cwt	64.00–65.00	893	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	87.70/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,261	3

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 250Last week 215Year ago 205

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,317	100.00–141.00	115.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,722	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,512	154.00	154.00
120	—	1,447	145.00–153.75	151.13
18	—	1,380	127.50–143.50	140.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,328	127.00–141.00	134.66
62	—	1,256	146.00–151.50	149.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	102.50–120.00	111.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	86.00–89.00	87.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	66.00–76.00	70.09
2	—	1,385	64.00–65.00	64.49
2	—	1,203	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	80.00	80.00
1	—	2,020	107.00	107.00

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.