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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 24

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

202 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 197▲ 105 vs year ago 97 · +108.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with very 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,530	166.00	2,540	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	127.37	1,858	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,397	123.66	1,728	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	85.48	1,024	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	192.71	2,614	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	975	150.00	1,463	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,504	194.20	2,922	146
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,271	156.05	1,983	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,030	144.00	1,483	2thin

Every lot

11 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	—	Select	1,030	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,483	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,271	156.05/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,983	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,481	178.40/cwt	160.00–184.00	2,642	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,505	194.65/cwt	188.00–198.50	2,929	142
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	975	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,463	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,340	193.96/cwt	189.00–197.75	2,599	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,565	177.06/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,771	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	85.48/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,024	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,397	123.66/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,728	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	127.37/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,858	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,530	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,540	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 Oct 24, 2024

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

Receipts 202Last week 197Year ago 97

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,271	150.00–160.00	156.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,505	188.00–198.50	194.65
4	—	1,481	160.00–184.00	178.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,340	189.00–197.75	193.96
2	—	1,565	175.00–179.00	177.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,397	118.00–129.00	123.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	125.00–130.00	127.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	81.00–89.00	85.48

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.