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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Apr 11

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Receipts

172 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 108▲ 58 vs year ago 114 · +50.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 3.00 lower, and Boners and Leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 24.00 higher on a really high dressing set to a light test last week. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	178.00	2,341	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,736	154.81	2,688	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,405	160.67	2,257	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	134.49	2,270	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	127.18	1,707	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	104.92	1,142	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,312	181.73	2,383	42
Steers	Choice	Low	1,511	184.90	2,793	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	173.49	2,450	3thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,322	174.36/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,305	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,412	173.49/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,450	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,519	185.36/cwt	178.00–188.75	2,816	68
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,303	183.75/cwt	178.00–186.75	2,394	35
Heifers	—	Choice	1,354	171.64/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,324	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	133.18/cwt	120.00–146.00	1,745	5
Bulls	—	—	2,005	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,649	1
Bulls	—	—	2,047	168.31/cwt	163.00–173.00	3,445	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	90.63/cwt	87.50–93.00	837	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	107.62/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,220	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,190	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,428	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	126.13/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,627	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,210	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	137.54/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,932	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	119.97/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,722	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,440	157.56/cwt	153.00–166.00	2,269	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,602	121.93/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,953	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,711	137.92/cwt	133.00–145.00	2,360	11
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,315	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,341	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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 172Last week 108Year ago 114

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,047	163.00–173.00	168.31
5	—	1,310	120.00–146.00	133.18
1	—	2,005	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	169.00–177.00	173.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	173.00–175.00	174.36
68	—	1,519	178.00–188.75	185.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,711	133.00–145.00	137.92
3	—	1,602	115.00–128.00	121.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,290	123.00–134.00	126.13
2	—	1,435	119.00–121.00	119.97
2	—	1,405	137.00–138.00	137.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,134	105.00–109.00	107.62
2	—	923	87.50–93.00	90.63
1	—	1,190	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,440	153.00–166.00	157.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,354	163.00–175.00	171.64
35	—	1,303	178.00–186.75	183.75

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.