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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-13

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jul 13

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

182 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 209▲ 17 vs year ago 165 · +10.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 1.00. Slaughter dairy steers traded higher 3.00. Slaughter cows traded higher 7.00 on a light test. Bulls traded steady on a light test. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,940	123.71	2,400	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,592	124.12	1,976	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,369	111.08	1,521	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	85.29	1,139	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	76.67	981	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	148.23	2,258	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	180.78	2,301	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	172.00	2,012	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,195	140.10	1,674	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	179.34	2,534	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	170.30	2,245	9thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,307	146.00	1,907	4thin

Every lot

17 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	1,210	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,839	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	170.30/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,245	9
Steers	—	Select	1,403	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,964	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,413	179.34/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,534	56
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,170	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,012	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,195	140.10/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,674	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,273	180.78/cwt	175.00–183.50	2,301	77
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,940	123.71/cwt	121.00–126.00	2,400	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	800	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,030	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,185	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,283	97.96/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,257	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	85.29/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,139	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,420	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,065	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	120.76/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,724	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	112.67/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,662	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,592	124.12/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,976	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,523	148.23/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,258	6

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 Jul 13, 2023

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

Receipts 182Last week 209Year ago 165

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,413	175.00–184.00	179.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,318	167.00–172.00	170.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,210	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,273	175.00–183.50	180.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	132.00–150.00	140.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	123.00–125.00	124.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	95.00–105.00	97.96
3	—	1,428	120.00–122.00	120.76
4	—	1,475	100.00–118.00	112.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	82.00–90.00	85.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,523	147.00–152.00	148.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,940	121.00–126.00	123.71

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.