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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

126 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 135▼ 49 vs year ago 175 · −28.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons for the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light offering.

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	—	High	2,167	121.51	2,633	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,498	125.76	1,884	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,542	108.05	1,666	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	96.53	1,288	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	77.53	896	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,347	168.87	2,274	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	174.98	2,678	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	158.56	1,979	6thin

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 and Choice	1,248	158.56/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,979	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,505	181.51/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,732	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,515	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,545	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,533	174.75/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,679	26
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,344	173.95/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,338	33
Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	159.01/cwt	146.00–167.50	2,150	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,112	118.68/cwt	116.00–122.00	2,507	3
Bulls	—	—	2,330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	3,029	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	302	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	76.83/cwt	72.00–83.00	870	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,020	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	94.31/cwt	86.00–106.00	1,165	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	103.37/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,282	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,403	95.03/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,333	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	97.61/cwt	83.00–103.00	1,399	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,498	125.76/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,884	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	113.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,825	9

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 126Last week 135Year ago 175

No price comparisons for the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	87.00–98.00	95.03
1	—	1,200	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,240	101.00–105.00	103.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,433	83.00–103.00	97.61
9	—	1,603	110.00–116.00	113.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,133	72.00–83.00	76.83
1	—	1,005	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,235	86.00–106.00	94.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	121.00–131.00	125.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,330	130.00	130.00
3	—	2,112	116.00–122.00	118.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,533	170.00–180.00	174.75
2	—	1,505	181.00–182.00	181.51
1	—	1,515	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,248	149.00–164.00	158.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,352	146.00–167.50	159.01
33	—	1,344	169.00–179.00	173.95

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.