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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 6

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

73 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 180▼ 87 vs year ago 160 · −54.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared o last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. 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
Heifers	Choice	High	1,249	152.92	1,910	52
Steers	Choice	Low	1,476	155.27	2,292	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	133.81	1,496	2thin

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	—	Select and Choice	1,118	133.81/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,496	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,243	139.92/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,739	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,515	157.83/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,391	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,214	145.48/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,766	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,250	153.69/cwt	149.50–157.50	1,921	41
Heifers	—	Choice	1,299	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,052	4

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 73Last week 180Year ago 160

Compared o last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	158.00	158.00
41	—	1,250	149.50–157.50	153.69
7	—	1,214	142.00–146.50	145.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	131.00–137.00	133.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	132.00–148.00	139.92
12	—	1,515	156.00–158.00	157.83

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.