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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Mar 21

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Mar 7Mar 21Mar 28 →

Receipts

83 head

▼ 135 vs last sale 218▼ 73 vs year ago 156 · −46.8%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 11.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 16.00 to 19.00 higher Slaughter bulls were lightly tested.

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,558	169.50	2,640	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,988	136.83	2,720	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,567	165.71	2,596	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,533	137.50	2,107	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	134.15	1,697	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	807	83.03	670	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	189.82	2,582	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	865	146.00	1,263	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,483	188.58	2,796	23
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,595	173.92	2,774	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,490	146.00	2,175	1thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,447	189.72/cwt	187.00–195.50	2,745	20
Steers	—	Select	1,490	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,175	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,595	173.92/cwt	165.00–183.00	2,774	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,660	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,872	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,753	185.00/cwt	184.00–186.00	3,243	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	865	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,263	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	190.77/cwt	185.00–193.00	2,593	26
Heifers	—	Choice	1,378	177.44/cwt	176.00–179.00	2,445	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,081	1
Bulls	—	—	2,055	135.67/cwt	134.00–137.00	2,788	2
Bulls	—	—	2,175	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	3,284	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	510	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	184	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	106.54/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,017	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,200	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,800	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	130.87/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,614	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,482	139.40/cwt	133.00–143.00	2,066	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,520	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,098	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,566	170.64/cwt	160.00–177.00	2,672	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,570	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,292	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,785	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,285	1
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,145	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,685	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,185	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.

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

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Mar 21, 2024

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

Receipts 83Last week 218Year ago 156

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 11.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 16.00 to 19.00 higher Slaughter bulls were lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,055	134.00–137.00	135.67
1	—	2,175	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,665	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	165.00–183.00	173.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	173.00	173.00
20	—	1,447	187.00–195.50	189.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	184.00–186.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	128.00	128.00
5	—	1,482	133.00–143.00	139.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	36.00	36.00
2	—	955	104.00–109.00	106.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	138.00	138.00
6	—	1,233	122.00–135.00	130.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,566	160.00–177.00	170.64
1	—	1,570	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,359	185.00–193.00	190.77
2	—	1,378	176.00–179.00	177.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	189.00	189.00
1	—	1,430	150.00	150.00

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.