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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Feb 27

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

109 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 105▼ 4 vs year ago 113 · −3.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No test to last week for slaughter cows and bulls. Trade was active with 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,557	124.82	1,943	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	102.93	1,386	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	55.25	569	4thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,850	94.00	1,739	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,340	203.34	2,725	31
Steers	Choice	Low	1,527	201.95	3,085	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	192.00	2,089	2thin

Every lot

14 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 and Choice	1,088	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,089	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,501	178.63/cwt	140.00–195.00	2,681	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,524	203.83/cwt	200.00–207.50	3,106	54
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,820	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,531	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	194.45/cwt	192.00–195.00	2,576	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,343	205.05/cwt	197.00–209.00	2,754	26
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	84	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	55.51/cwt	40.00–70.00	526	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	99.39/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,305	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,385	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,557	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,551	131.02/cwt	130.00–132.00	2,032	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,580	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,850	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,739	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 Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 109Last week 105Year ago 113

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No test to last week for slaughter cows and bulls. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	95.00–103.00	99.39
1	—	1,415	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	40.00–70.00	55.51
1	—	840	10.00	10.00
1	—	1,385	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,551	130.00–132.00	131.02
1	—	1,580	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,501	140.00–195.00	178.63
54	—	1,524	200.00–207.50	203.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,325	192.00–195.00	194.45
26	—	1,343	197.00–209.00	205.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	94.00	94.00

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.