Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2025-05-15

Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, May 15

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Apr 24May 15May 22 →

Receipts

201 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 135▲ 54 vs year ago 147 · +36.7%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sales reported the last two weeks reported for price comparisons. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	222.50	2,982	1thin
Bullocks	—	Low	1,149	149.08	1,713	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	2,023	160.00	3,237	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,609	130.15	2,094	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,590	125.00	1,988	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	109.43	1,272	4thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,370	105.00	1,439	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,250	100.46	1,256	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,338	226.87	3,036	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	201.83	2,306	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,265	164.00	2,075	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	228.32	3,451	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,273	191.56	2,439	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	925	171.00	1,582	1thin

Every lot

21 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	925	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,582	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,273	191.56/cwt	170.00–219.00	2,439	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	194.13/cwt	170.00–221.00	2,675	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,516	229.51/cwt	222.00–232.50	3,479	61
Steers	—	Choice	1,555	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	3,716	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	965	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,689	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,202	210.77/cwt	208.00–216.00	2,533	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,265	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,075	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,309	228.00/cwt	224.00–230.50	2,985	68
Heifers	—	Choice	1,382	209.67/cwt	189.00–217.00	2,898	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,565	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	3,725	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,023	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,237	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,988	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,609	130.15/cwt	130.00–131.00	2,094	7
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,340	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,982	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	112.57/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,214	3
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	100.46/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,256	2
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,439	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,415	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks2 lots · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,102	145.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,599	3
Bullocks	—	—	1,290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,077	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.

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

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu May 15, 2025

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

Receipts 201Last week 135Year ago 147

No sales reported the last two weeks reported for price comparisons. 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
1	—	1,590	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,609	130.00–131.00	130.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,516	222.00–232.50	229.51
6	—	1,555	239.00	239.00
4	—	1,378	170.00–221.00	194.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,273	170.00–219.00	191.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,309	224.00–230.50	228.00
7	—	1,565	238.00	238.00
9	—	1,382	189.00–217.00	209.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	208.00–216.00	210.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	105.00–120.00	112.57
1	—	1,415	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	100.00–101.00	100.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	140.00–150.00	145.10
1	—	1,290	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,023	160.00	160.00

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.