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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Mar 6

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

102 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 109▼ 116 vs year ago 218 · −53.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. 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
Bulls	—	Average	2,070	145.02	3,002	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,300	133.00	1,729	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	124.06	1,979	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,369	113.85	1,559	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	81.00	927	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,400	205.79	2,881	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,008	137.63	1,387	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,507	206.92	3,118	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	190.80	2,290	2thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,200	190.80/cwt	186.00–195.00	2,290	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,507	206.92/cwt	199.00–211.00	3,118	57
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,008	137.63/cwt	122.00–152.00	1,387	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	205.79/cwt	200.00–208.50	2,881	25
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,070	145.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	3,002	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	567	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,300	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,729	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,360	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,374	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,369	113.85/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,559	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,521	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	128.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	2,144	3

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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 102Last week 109Year ago 218

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,070	140.00–150.00	145.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	122.00–152.00	137.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,400	200.00–208.50	205.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	186.00–195.00	190.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,507	199.00–211.00	206.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	110.00–115.00	113.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	125.00–130.00	128.41
1	—	1,370	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	101.00	101.00
1	—	930	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	133.00	133.00

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.