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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Oct 31

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

219 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 202▲ 122 vs year ago 97 · +125.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,857	126.49	2,349	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	108.76	1,704	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,294	96.70	1,251	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,194	45.00	537	4thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,428	92.50	1,320	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,323	190.96	2,525	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	178.71	2,159	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	190.48	2,866	126
Steers	Select	Average	1,228	127.76	1,569	2thin

Every lot

17 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	—	Select	1,228	127.76/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,569	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,285	175.69/cwt	160.00–182.00	2,258	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,512	190.96/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,887	122
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,190	181.42/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,159	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,208	178.71/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,159	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	191.28/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,538	59
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,820	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,639	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	117.24/cwt	100.00–130.00	2,198	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	234	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,298	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	854	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	95.04/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,261	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	83.41/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,109	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,535	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,878	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,152	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,500	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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 219Last week 202Year ago 97

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	180.00–183.00	181.42
59	—	1,327	185.00–195.00	191.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	175.00–182.00	178.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	100.00–130.00	117.24
1	—	1,820	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	110.00	110.00
8	—	1,327	90.00–100.00	95.04
2	—	1,330	80.00–87.00	83.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,168	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,598	115.00–120.00	117.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,512	184.00–195.00	190.96
4	—	1,285	160.00–182.00	175.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	120.00–136.00	127.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,500	100.00	100.00

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.