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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-29

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 29

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

209 head

▲ 57 vs last sale 152▲ 59 vs year ago 150 · +39.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. No test to last week for dairy steers. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady in a light test. No real test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,482	104.59	1,550	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,619	105.69	1,711	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,268	75.64	959	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,315	75.00	986	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,525	156.00	2,379	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	145.00	2,005	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,415	135.00	1,910	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	181.94	2,352	64
Steers	Choice	Average	1,431	180.91	2,589	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	170.89	2,030	7thin

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	1,188	170.89/cwt	168.50–173.00	2,030	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,431	180.91/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,589	75
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	181.94/cwt	176.00–185.50	2,352	64
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,260	94.88/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,195	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,387	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	85.46/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,051	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	986	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	753	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,620	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,546	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,654	105.11/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,739	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,383	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,005	10
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,910	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,525	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,379	1

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 209Last week 152Year ago 150

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,350	120.00	120.00
8	—	1,654	100.00–110.00	105.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	56.00	56.00
2	—	1,230	85.00–86.00	85.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,383	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,415	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,188	168.50–173.00	170.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,431	175.00–186.00	180.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,293	176.00–185.50	181.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	85.00–100.00	94.88
1	—	1,925	124.00	124.00

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.