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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Oct 29

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

181 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 102▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Walnut slaughter steers and heifers were trading lower $9.50- 11.00. Cows were down $10.00-12.00 and bulls traded steady from last week. We had active trade 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,632	200.08	3,265	9thin
Bulls	—	Average	2,094	157.28	3,294	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,832	156.95	2,875	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,571	136.20	2,140	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,354	118.95	1,611	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	233.23	3,118	64
Heifers	Select	Average	1,570	216.17	3,394	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	232.32	3,472	70
Steers	Select	Average	1,389	178.05	2,473	7thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,389	178.05/cwt	130.00–212.00	2,473	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,491	233.14/cwt	229.00–236.00	3,476	64
Steers	—	Choice	1,532	223.56/cwt	220.00–228.00	3,425	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,337	233.23/cwt	230.00–236.00	3,118	64
Heifers	—	Select	1,570	216.17/cwt	214.00–219.00	3,394	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,672	1
Bulls	—	—	2,102	162.73/cwt	150.00–175.00	3,421	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,354	118.95/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,611	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,571	136.20/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,140	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,832	156.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,875	3
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,632	200.08/cwt	180.00–216.00	3,265	9

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 181Last week 102Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,102	150.00–175.00	162.73
1	—	2,055	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	214.00–219.00	216.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,337	230.00–236.00	233.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	130.00–212.00	178.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,532	220.00–228.00	223.56
64	—	1,491	229.00–236.00	233.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,632	180.00–216.00	200.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,571	130.00–145.00	136.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,832	150.00–160.00	156.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	110.00–125.00	118.95

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.