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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Dec 10

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

141 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 89▲ 141 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 were trading higher $4.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded lower $4 with a heavy run on bulls with no comparison. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,705	148.32	2,529	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,427	131.71	1,880	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,370	108.04	1,480	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,409	225.99	3,184	30
Steers	Choice	Low	1,491	224.77	3,352	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	201.00	2,211	1thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,305	172.78	2,255	5thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,100	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,211	1
Steers	—	Select	1,304	175.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,295	4
Steers	—	Select	1,310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,096	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	206.43/cwt	205.00–208.00	2,937	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,493	225.29/cwt	217.00–229.50	3,364	71
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,409	225.99/cwt	217.00–228.00	3,184	30
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,918	3
Bulls	—	—	1,990	161.57/cwt	150.00–175.00	3,215	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	78.93/cwt	70.00–84.00	912	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,427	131.71/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,880	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,427	115.80/cwt	100.00–127.00	1,652	15

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 141Last week 89Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers were trading higher $4.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded lower $4 with a heavy run on bulls with no comparison. Active trade on moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,304	170.00–180.00	175.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	205.00–208.00	206.43
71	—	1,493	217.00–229.50	225.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,409	217.00–228.00	225.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	70.00–84.00	78.93
15	—	1,427	100.00–127.00	115.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,427	130.00–140.00	131.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	130.00–140.00	135.07
3	—	1,990	150.00–175.00	161.57

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.