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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Feb 29

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

113 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 173▼ 91 vs year ago 204 · −44.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 6.00 higher, and Leans 13.00 higher in a light test. No test to last week for bulls. 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	1,674	132.86	2,224	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,490	152.42	2,270	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,557	123.43	1,922	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,307	114.63	1,498	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	105.58	1,328	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,374	181.29	2,490	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,555	182.27	2,835	28
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	165.00	2,384	1thin
Steers	Standard	Low	1,043	119.05	1,242	2thin

Every lot

18 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	—	Standard	1,043	119.05/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,242	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,388	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,384	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,560	182.84/cwt	176.00–186.50	2,852	27
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	171.39/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,339	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	182.78/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,513	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,198	120.84/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,448	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	135.83/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,479	4
Bulls	—	—	2,020	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,929	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,258	105.58/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,328	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	104.18/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,345	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	117.58/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,540	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,649	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,466	154.39/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,263	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	112.82/cwt	104.00–121.00	1,742	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,549	126.52/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,960	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,560	146.53/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,286	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,288	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 Feb 29, 2024

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

Receipts 113Last week 173Year ago 204

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	104.00–121.00	112.82
1	—	1,695	135.00	135.00
10	—	1,549	122.00–133.00	126.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,466	150.00–160.00	154.39
2	—	1,560	145.00–148.00	146.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	105.00–106.00	105.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	100.00–109.00	104.18
1	—	1,330	124.00	124.00
11	—	1,310	112.00–121.00	117.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,560	176.00–186.50	182.84
1	—	1,430	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	115.00–123.00	119.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	168.00–173.00	171.39
20	—	1,375	176.00–185.00	182.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	119.00–122.00	120.84
1	—	2,020	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,825	127.00–139.00	135.83

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.