Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2025-06-05

Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jun 5

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← May 29Jun 5Jun 12 →

Receipts

98 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 133▼ 96 vs year ago 194 · −49.5%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand on a light supply.

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	—	Low	1,785	142.00	2,535	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,220	179.00	2,184	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	145.10	2,262	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	128.26	1,778	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,158	97.42	1,128	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	925	91.00	842	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	236.06	3,007	46
Heifers	Select	Average	1,045	140.65	1,470	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,410	235.58	3,323	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	235.00	2,902	1thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,902	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,913	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,413	236.56/cwt	233.00–239.50	3,343	21
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,045	140.65/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,470	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,274	236.06/cwt	226.00–240.00	3,007	46
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,706	1
Bulls	—	—	2,005	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,509	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	726	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,220	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,184	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	108.13/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,362	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,670	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,388	130.68/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,814	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,559	145.10/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,262	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	842	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 Jun 5, 2025

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

Receipts 98Last week 133Year ago 194

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	76.00	76.00
2	—	1,260	106.00–110.00	108.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,559	140.00–149.00	145.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,388	129.00–133.00	130.68
1	—	1,380	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	215.00	215.00
21	—	1,413	233.00–239.50	236.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	109.00	109.00
1	—	2,005	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,274	226.00–240.00	236.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	140.00–142.00	140.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	91.00	91.00

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.