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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jul 23

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

172 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 177▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 5.00 on a lighter run. Trade was active with moderate 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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,308	112.50	1,471	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,319	101.95	1,345	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	233.26	2,973	82
Heifers	Select	Average	1,302	177.14	2,306	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	234.21	3,225	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,403	209.36	2,937	2thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,408	165.89	2,336	2thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,272	223.20/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,839	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,388	235.36/cwt	230.00–239.50	3,267	67
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,403	209.36/cwt	205.00–214.00	2,937	2
Steers	—	Select	1,408	165.89/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,336	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,080	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,160	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,276	234.26/cwt	231.00–236.50	2,989	76
Heifers	—	Choice	1,288	224.73/cwt	218.00–228.00	2,895	5
Heifers	—	Select	1,302	177.14/cwt	170.00–190.00	2,306	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,290	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,484	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,458	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,319	101.95/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,345	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

Wed Jul 23, 2025

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

Receipts 172Last week 177Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 5.00 on a lighter run. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	205.00–214.00	209.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,388	230.00–239.50	235.36
7	—	1,272	222.50–225.00	223.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	161.00–169.00	165.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	170.00–190.00	177.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,276	231.00–236.50	234.26
5	—	1,288	218.00–228.00	224.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,325	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,319	90.00–110.00	101.95

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.