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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 2

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

67 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 180▼ 59 vs year ago 126 · −46.8%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower in a light test. Trade was active with moderate to good demand on a light run after the holidays.

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	1,622	184.73	2,995	4thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,063	110.00	1,169	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,070	121.00	1,295	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,521	94.95	1,444	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,372	87.05	1,194	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	72.49	727	4thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	80.00	1,018	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,690	70.00	1,183	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,112	115.00	1,279	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,352	196.00	2,650	24
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	168.86	1,837	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,090	140.00	1,526	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,529	199.31	3,047	14

Every lot

18 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,529	199.31/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,047	14
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,088	168.86/cwt	151.00–186.00	1,837	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,090	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,526	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,233	188.58/cwt	187.00–190.00	2,325	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,363	196.67/cwt	192.00–202.50	2,681	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	970	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	970	1
Bulls	—	—	1,155	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,386	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	810	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	527	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	74.98/cwt	70.00–80.00	801	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,070	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,295	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,372	87.05/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,194	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	99.94/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,492	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,690	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,099	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,018	2
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,690	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,183	1
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,547	185.98/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,877	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,845	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,339	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,112	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,279	2

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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 67Last week 180Year ago 126

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	70.00–80.00	74.98
1	—	810	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,493	95.00–105.00	99.94
1	—	1,690	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	80.00–90.00	87.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	181.00	181.00
3	—	1,547	180.00–190.00	185.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	187.00–190.00	188.58
22	—	1,363	192.00–202.50	196.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	151.00–186.00	168.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,112	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,155	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,529	195.00–201.00	199.31

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.