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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Mar 27

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

74 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 142▼ 52 vs year ago 126 · −41.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. No test on the 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
Bulls	—	Average	2,475	140.00	3,465	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	125.00	1,800	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,385	106.77	1,479	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,515	117.79	1,785	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	90.00	959	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	211.16	2,722	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	211.38	3,107	24

Every lot

8 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	1,470	211.38/cwt	210.00–214.00	3,107	24
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,289	211.16/cwt	209.00–216.00	2,722	36
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	3,465	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	106.77/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,479	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,633	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,971	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	959	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,515	117.79/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,785	5

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 74Last week 142Year ago 126

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. No test on the slaughter cows and bulls. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,515	105.00–120.00	117.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,470	210.00–214.00	211.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,289	209.00–216.00	211.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,460	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	105.00–110.00	106.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,475	140.00	140.00

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.