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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Feb 20

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Jan 23Feb 20Feb 27 →

Receipts

105 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 113▼ 68 vs year ago 173 · −39.3%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to the past two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light run.

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	—	Average	1,733	131.15	2,273	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,516	118.77	1,800	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	109.57	1,439	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,242	90.19	1,120	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	206.60	2,794	17
Heifers	Select	Average	985	130.00	1,281	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,567	206.23	3,231	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	185.54	2,295	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,055	120.00	1,266	1thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,055	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,266	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,237	185.54/cwt	160.00–198.00	2,295	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,851	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,566	206.79/cwt	201.00–209.50	3,238	58
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,860	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,534	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	985	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,281	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,245	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,428	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	207.32/cwt	200.00–209.50	2,817	16
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	119.22/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,770	2
Bulls	—	—	2,230	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,457	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,242	90.19/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,120	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	96.20/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,260	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	118.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,558	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,921	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,553	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,670	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.

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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Feb 20, 2025

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

Receipts 105Last week 113Year ago 173

No comparisons to the past two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light run.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	115.00–120.00	118.48
2	—	1,310	92.00–100.00	96.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	105.00–110.00	107.53
2	—	1,478	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	80.00–100.00	90.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	198.00	198.00
58	—	1,566	201.00–209.50	206.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,237	160.00–198.00	185.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,359	200.00–209.50	207.32
1	—	1,245	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,230	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,485	110.00–135.00	119.22

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.