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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Oct 1

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

118 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 143▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Walnut slaughter steers and heifers were trading steady to higher $1.00. Light offering for cows and bulls. We had active trade for 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
Bulls	—	Average	2,340	140.00	3,276	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,718	158.12	2,717	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	235.96	3,197	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	232.42	2,877	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,520	236.91	3,602	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,314	217.40	2,856	4thin

Every lot

8 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	—	Select and Choice	1,263	223.20/cwt	218.00–230.50	2,819	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,368	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,873	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,930	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,529	238.46/cwt	234.00–240.75	3,646	52
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,238	232.42/cwt	232.00–233.50	2,877	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,355	235.96/cwt	234.00–238.00	3,197	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	3,276	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,718	158.12/cwt	152.00–163.00	2,717	2

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 118Last week 143Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Walnut slaughter steers and heifers were trading steady to higher $1.00. Light offering for cows and bulls. We had active trade for moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,340	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,718	152.00–163.00	158.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,355	234.00–238.00	235.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,238	232.00–233.50	232.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,529	234.00–240.75	238.46
3	—	1,368	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,263	218.00–230.50	223.20

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.