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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Nov 19

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

215 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 145▲ 215 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 9.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to higher 1.00, slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,635	141.54	2,314	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,683	147.79	2,487	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,389	134.90	1,874	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,293	111.19	1,437	18
Dairy Bulls	—	Low	1,560	120.00	1,872	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,015	120.00	1,218	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,415	220.13	3,115	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	203.21	2,406	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	221.00	3,294	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	202.31	2,723	12

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,307	206.80/cwt	194.00–211.00	2,703	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,380	213.28/cwt	212.00–215.00	2,943	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,462	188.84/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,761	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,504	221.94/cwt	214.50–226.75	3,338	66
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,184	203.21/cwt	190.00–210.48	2,406	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,415	220.13/cwt	214.00–227.50	3,115	61
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,440	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	155.38/cwt	140.00–165.00	2,641	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	86.06/cwt	82.00–90.00	891	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	114.33/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,515	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	134.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,874	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,683	147.79/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,487	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,015	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,218	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,872	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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Receipts 215Last week 145Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 9.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to higher 1.00, slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,325	100.00–125.00	114.33
2	—	1,035	82.00–90.00	86.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,683	145.00–150.00	147.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,389	130.00–140.00	134.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,504	214.50–226.75	221.94
8	—	1,380	212.00–215.00	213.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,307	194.00–211.00	206.80
3	—	1,462	180.00–196.00	188.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,700	140.00–165.00	155.38
1	—	1,440	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,184	190.00–210.48	203.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,415	214.00–227.50	220.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	120.00	120.00

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.