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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Apr 25

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

143 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 108▼ 20 vs year ago 163 · −12.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher. Light test for slaughter 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	—	Average	1,865	161.00	3,003	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,404	165.50	2,324	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	130.94	1,990	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,379	119.10	1,642	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,270	105.00	1,334	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,330	185.00	2,460	48
Steers	Choice	Low	1,464	183.25	2,683	54
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	171.53	2,142	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,197	167.88	2,010	3thin

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	1,197	167.88/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,010	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,249	171.53/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,142	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,461	184.35/cwt	177.00–188.50	2,693	51
Steers	—	Choice	1,517	164.48/cwt	146.00–176.00	2,495	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,118	163.94/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,833	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,339	185.92/cwt	177.00–188.00	2,489	46
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,865	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,003	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,334	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,379	119.10/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,642	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,403	164.37/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,306	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,397	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,740	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	131.35/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,993	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,219	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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 143Last week 108Year ago 163

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher. Light test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,620	137.00	137.00
12	—	1,517	125.00–136.00	131.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,403	159.00–168.00	164.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,379	116.00–126.00	119.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	160.00–168.00	163.94
46	—	1,339	177.00–188.00	185.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	146.00–176.00	164.48
51	—	1,461	177.00–188.50	184.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	160.00–176.00	171.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	165.00–170.00	167.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	161.00	161.00

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.