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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Dec 3

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

89 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 215▲ 89 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

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower $1.00-3.00 compared to two weeks ago. Slaughter cows traded steady. Winter weather in Illinois drove a light offering. Active trade on 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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,234	163.69	2,020	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,441	135.09	1,947	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,167	117.87	1,376	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,471	215.46	3,169	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	218.32	3,258	43

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,370	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	2,898	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,454	205.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,995	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,502	220.57/cwt	213.00–227.50	3,313	36
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,468	216.05/cwt	212.00–218.00	3,172	19
Heifers	—	Choice	1,498	209.81/cwt	209.00–210.50	3,143	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	117.87/cwt	105.00–125.00	1,376	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,234	163.69/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,020	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,441	135.09/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,947	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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 89Last week 215Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,441	130.00–140.00	135.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	150.00–170.00	163.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,167	105.00–125.00	117.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	209.00–210.50	209.81
19	—	1,468	212.00–218.00	216.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,454	200.00–210.00	205.98
36	—	1,502	213.00–227.50	220.57
1	—	1,370	211.50	211.50

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.