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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-01

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 1

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

133 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 165▼ 22 vs year ago 155 · −14.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers traded steady. No price comparisons for Dairy steers to two weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,430	139.50	1,995	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,677	113.43	1,902	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	102.15	1,330	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	93.17	1,022	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,571	153.68	2,414	16
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,275	110.00	1,403	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,308	181.18	2,370	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	182.30	2,647	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,425	145.00	2,066	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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,066	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,452	182.30/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,647	24
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,302	173.98/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,265	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,309	182.65/cwt	177.50–187.50	2,391	54
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	93.17/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,022	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,138	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	104.94/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,380	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,856	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,139	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	111.90/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,802	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,795	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,867	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,985	126.56/cwt	123.00–130.00	2,512	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,403	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,571	153.68/cwt	151.00–156.50	2,414	16

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 Jun 1, 2023

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

Receipts 133Last week 165Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	91.00–95.00	93.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,385	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,985	123.00–130.00	126.56
11	—	1,610	107.00–118.00	111.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,315	102.00–107.00	104.94
1	—	1,250	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,571	151.00–156.50	153.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,452	178.00–188.00	182.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,302	172.00–176.00	173.98
54	—	1,309	177.50–187.50	182.65

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.