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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jul 9

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

280 head

▲ 213 vs last sale 67▲ 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut as compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers higher 5.00-7.00 on a quality offering. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Active trade with good to very 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	—	Low	1,690	171.49	2,898	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	153.00	2,188	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,365	122.42	1,671	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,283	239.22	3,070	151
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	214.00	2,857	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,419	240.98	3,420	118

Every lot

10 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	—	Choice	1,261	226.73/cwt	225.00–229.50	2,859	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,426	241.61/cwt	230.00–245.00	3,445	113
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,060	223.48/cwt	220.00–226.50	2,369	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,288	239.54/cwt	230.00–244.00	3,085	148
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,335	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,857	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,980	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	182.24/cwt	176.00–188.00	3,417	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,348	126.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,706	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,557	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,188	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.

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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Wed Jul 9, 2025

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

Receipts 280Last week 67Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,261	225.00–229.50	226.73
113	—	1,426	230.00–245.00	241.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	220.00–226.50	223.48
148	—	1,288	230.00–244.00	239.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,348	120.00–130.00	126.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,875	176.00–188.00	182.24

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.