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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Apr 24

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

135 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 74▼ 8 vs year ago 143 · −5.6%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the past two weeks. 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	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,465	162.82	2,385	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	130.70	1,966	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	114.83	1,454	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,182	74.87	885	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,675	178.44	2,988	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	213.29	2,775	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	190.00	2,299	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	218.06	3,267	34

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,498	218.06/cwt	209.00–222.50	3,267	34
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,299	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,287	196.26/cwt	170.00–205.00	2,526	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,302	214.64/cwt	207.00–221.00	2,795	63
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	74.87/cwt	70.00–80.00	885	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	108.33/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,365	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	121.32/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,544	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,418	168.76/cwt	164.00–172.00	2,393	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	131.29/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,875	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	140.94/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,090	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,327	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	119.56/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,961	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,665	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,180	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,676	176.87/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,964	8

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Apr 24, 2025

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

Receipts 135Last week 74Year ago 143

No price comparisons to the past two weeks. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,302	207.00–221.00	214.64
5	—	1,287	170.00–205.00	196.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,676	175.00–180.00	176.87
1	—	1,665	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,498	209.00–222.50	218.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	130.00–132.00	131.29
2	—	1,483	140.00–142.00	140.94
2	—	1,640	115.00–125.00	119.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	70.00–80.00	74.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	164.00–172.00	168.76
1	—	1,605	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	120.00–122.00	121.32
3	—	1,260	100.00–115.00	108.33

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.