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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 7

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14 →

Receipts

110 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 253▼ 100 vs year ago 210 · −47.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady in 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	—	Low	1,349	110.10	1,486	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,519	105.79	1,607	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	95.68	1,173	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,175	74.81	879	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	156.73	2,431	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	188.70	2,358	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	177.00	2,264	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,295	110.00	1,425	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	190.50	2,776	12

Every lot

16 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,457	190.50/cwt	186.50–192.00	2,776	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,180	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,065	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,251	188.98/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,364	49
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,279	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,264	4
Heifers	—	Select	1,295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,425	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,048	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,079	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	108.02/cwt	98.00–115.00	1,518	3
Bulls	—	—	1,718	123.87/cwt	119.00–130.00	2,128	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,144	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	74.81/cwt	70.00–80.00	879	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	88.34/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,106	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	97.60/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,223	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	89.23/cwt	80.00–101.00	1,249	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	109.51/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,632	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,875	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,325	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,551	156.73/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,431	10

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 Sep 7, 2023

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

Receipts 110Last week 253Year ago 210

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,251	183.00–192.00	188.98
1	—	1,180	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	80.00–101.00	89.23
1	—	1,875	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,490	105.00–113.00	109.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	70.00–80.00	74.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	85.00–90.00	88.34
1	—	1,040	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,253	95.00–100.00	97.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,551	154.00–160.00	156.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,457	186.50–192.00	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	98.00–115.00	108.02
2	—	1,718	119.00–130.00	123.87

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.