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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Aug 1

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

162 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 183▼ 37 vs year ago 199 · −18.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. 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	1,048	119.13	1,248	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,458	171.35	2,499	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,666	139.37	2,322	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	136.00	1,690	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,136	117.59	1,336	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,545	180.00	2,781	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,277	192.75	2,461	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	173.03	1,947	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	193.94	2,728	45
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,401	179.51	2,515	5thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,258	184.36/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,319	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,401	179.51/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,515	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	195.14/cwt	188.00–199.00	2,781	40
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	962	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,356	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,125	173.03/cwt	151.00–187.00	1,947	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,284	195.78/cwt	188.00–198.50	2,514	53
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	184.59/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,426	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,048	119.13/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,248	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	117.59/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,336	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,690	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,449	161.17/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,335	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,463	176.44/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,581	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,666	139.37/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,322	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,781	3

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 Aug 1, 2024

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

Receipts 162Last week 183Year ago 199

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,545	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	172.00–185.00	179.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,425	188.00–199.00	195.14
5	—	1,258	180.00–187.00	184.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	151.00–187.00	173.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	962	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,284	188.00–198.50	195.78
7	—	1,314	178.00–186.00	184.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,666	134.00–144.00	139.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,449	159.00–169.00	161.17
10	—	1,463	170.00–186.00	176.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,136	111.00–123.00	117.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	115.00–126.00	119.13

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.