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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Feb 9

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Jan 19Feb 9Feb 16 →

Receipts

136 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 118▼ 74 vs year ago 210 · −35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison to the last two weeks. 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	76.59	1,099	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,455	67.19	978	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,144	50.25	575	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	154.36	2,040	26
Steers	Choice	Low	1,606	156.02	2,505	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,393	132.69	1,848	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,290	110.00	1,419	1thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,290	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,419	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,393	132.69/cwt	122.00–145.00	1,848	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,548	147.81/cwt	143.00–149.50	2,288	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,610	156.66/cwt	150.00–159.50	2,522	77
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,228	147.15/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,807	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,334	155.30/cwt	153.75–158.00	2,072	23
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	175	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	68.67/cwt	63.00–74.00	740	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	65.88/cwt	62.00–72.00	879	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,345	46.96/cwt	42.00–52.00	632	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,325	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	72.24/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,041	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,558	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	779	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,592	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,385	2

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 Feb 9, 2023

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

Receipts 136Last week 118Year ago 210

No price comparison to the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,548	143.00–149.50	147.81
77	—	1,610	150.00–159.50	156.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	122.00–145.00	132.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	20.00	20.00
2	—	1,345	42.00–52.00	46.96
2	—	1,078	63.00–74.00	68.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	62.00–72.00	65.88
2	—	1,592	87.00	87.00
2	—	1,558	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	94.00	94.00
4	—	1,441	70.00–77.00	72.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,334	153.75–158.00	155.30
3	—	1,228	145.00–148.00	147.15

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.