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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-28

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 28

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

133 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 159▼ 47 vs year ago 180 · −26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher to last weeks light test . Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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	—	Average	1,659	116.93	1,940	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,345	135.97	1,829	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,682	105.52	1,774	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,411	99.54	1,404	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,170	77.32	905	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	181.72	2,341	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,105	151.59	1,675	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	937	114.43	1,072	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,381	180.97	2,499	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	160.93	1,902	5thin

Every lot

19 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 and Choice	1,182	160.93/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,902	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,316	171.25/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,254	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,391	182.61/cwt	177.00–188.50	2,540	37
Steers	—	Choice	1,448	189.48/cwt	189.00–190.00	2,744	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	937	114.43/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,072	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,105	151.59/cwt	140.00–172.00	1,675	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,288	181.72/cwt	174.00–184.50	2,341	33
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,445	114.88/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,660	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,376	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	633	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,266	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	78.17/cwt	75.00–85.00	920	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,061	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,345	135.97/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,829	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,278	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,456	99.05/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,442	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	99.33/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,535	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,728	107.33/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,855	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,139	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 Sep 28, 2023

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

Receipts 133Last week 159Year ago 180

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,980	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,445	112.00–117.00	114.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,456	95.00–103.00	99.05
1	—	1,130	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,728	103.00–111.00	107.33
3	—	1,545	97.00–101.00	99.33
1	—	1,860	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	87.00	87.00
9	—	1,177	75.00–85.00	78.17
1	—	1,055	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,345	120.00–144.00	135.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	160.00–165.00	160.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,391	177.00–188.50	182.61
2	—	1,448	189.00–190.00	189.48
8	—	1,316	168.00–176.00	171.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,288	174.00–184.50	181.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,105	140.00–172.00	151.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	100.00–130.00	114.43

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.