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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-18

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, May 18

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

165 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 163▲ 10 vs year ago 155 · +6.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison to the last few weeks due to this reporter's absents due to light runs. Trade was active with good to very 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	—	Average	1,882	105.79	1,991	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,520	120.00	1,824	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	106.46	1,601	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	97.51	1,267	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	89.21	999	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,310	181.89	2,383	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,102	150.11	1,654	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	179.10	2,629	48
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	143.70	1,825	12

Every lot

15 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	1,270	143.70/cwt	128.00–169.50	1,825	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,330	165.52/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,201	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,474	179.69/cwt	174.00–183.50	2,649	46
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,015	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,370	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,154	159.18/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,837	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,290	171.28/cwt	170.50–172.50	2,210	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,311	182.40/cwt	176.50–185.25	2,391	63
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,558	111.68/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,740	2
Bulls	—	—	2,530	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	2,378	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	89.21/cwt	86.50–92.50	999	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	79.47/cwt	70.50–89.00	1,005	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	103.52/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,357	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	93.35/cwt	84.00–100.00	1,277	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,824	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	111.38/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,732	8

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 May 18, 2023

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

Receipts 165Last week 163Year ago 155

No price comparison to the last few weeks due to this reporter's absents due to light runs. Trade was active with good to very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,555	108.00–114.00	111.38
3	—	1,368	84.00–100.00	93.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	86.50–92.50	89.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	99.00–105.50	103.52
3	—	1,265	70.50–89.00	79.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,154	156.00–160.00	159.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	170.50–172.50	171.28
63	—	1,311	176.50–185.25	182.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,270	128.00–169.50	143.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,474	174.00–183.50	179.69
2	—	1,330	163.00–168.00	165.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	110.00–113.00	111.68
1	—	2,530	94.00	94.00

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.