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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

82 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 148▼ 163 vs year ago 245 · −66.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. 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	2,031	121.80	2,474	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,605	108.03	1,734	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	99.77	1,426	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,295	84.78	1,098	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,318	183.09	2,414	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	164.00	1,755	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	185.65	2,748	30
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,418	159.00	2,255	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	136.50	1,532	2thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,040	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,591	1
Steers	—	Select	1,205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,446	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,418	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,255	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,480	185.65/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,748	30
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,070	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,755	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,242	172.41/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,141	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,328	184.42/cwt	178.00–187.50	2,449	24
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,978	127.07/cwt	125.00–129.00	2,513	3
Bulls	—	—	2,190	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,321	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,295	84.78/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,098	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,482	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,330	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	98.57/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,416	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,642	110.03/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,807	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Oct 12, 2023

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

Receipts 82Last week 148Year ago 245

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	169.00–175.00	172.41
24	—	1,328	178.00–187.50	184.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	82.00–89.00	84.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	96.00	96.00
6	—	1,642	105.00–113.00	110.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,437	94.00–102.00	98.57
1	—	1,385	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,480	182.00–189.00	185.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,190	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,978	125.00–129.00	127.07

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.