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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 23

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

113 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 149▼ 21 vs year ago 134 · −15.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. No test to last week for slaughter cows. Trade was active with very good demand on a light run today.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,640	108.96	1,787	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,405	102.42	1,439	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	73.07	875	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,313	81.00	1,063	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,409	211.26	2,977	51
Steers	Choice	Low	1,566	213.05	3,337	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	178.60	2,149	5thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,203	178.60/cwt	160.00–195.00	2,149	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,510	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,020	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,567	213.26/cwt	205.00–218.00	3,342	63
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,285	201.30/cwt	200.00–204.00	2,587	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,417	211.88/cwt	205.00–215.00	3,002	48
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	73.07/cwt	70.00–75.00	875	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,439	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	115.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,870	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,610	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,113	1
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,415	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	991	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 Jan 23, 2025

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

Receipts 113Last week 149Year ago 134

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. No test to last week for slaughter cows. Trade was active with very good demand on a light run today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,415	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,203	160.00–195.00	178.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	200.00	200.00
63	—	1,567	205.00–218.00	213.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,417	205.00–215.00	211.88
3	—	1,285	200.00–204.00	201.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	70.00–75.00	73.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,613	110.00–120.00	115.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	100.00–105.00	102.42

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.