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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Dec 17

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

284 head

▲ 143 vs last sale 141▲ 284 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 $2.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to higher $9.00. A light run on bulls today with no comparison to one week ago. Walnut had a heavy run on slaughter cattle due to the Holiday season. Next sale will be January 7th.

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	1,873	145.00	2,715	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,657	139.33	2,309	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,558	110.31	1,718	8thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,505	130.00	1,957	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,548	174.00	2,694	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,408	227.34	3,200	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	210.46	2,669	2thin
Heifers	Select	Low	1,377	158.49	2,182	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,527	227.20	3,469	117
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,481	206.43	3,057	22
Steers	Select	Low	1,311	172.96	2,267	34

Every lot

17 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	1,301	159.05/cwt	140.00–175.00	2,069	15
Steers	—	Select	1,318	183.94/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,424	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,353	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,963	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,481	206.43/cwt	200.00–215.00	3,057	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	227.34/cwt	220.00–231.00	3,478	115
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,140	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,166	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,268	210.46/cwt	210.00–211.00	2,669	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,847	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,409	227.44/cwt	220.00–232.50	3,205	83
Heifers	—	Select	1,495	142.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,134	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,705	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,700	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,458	95.15/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,387	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,591	115.36/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,835	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,657	139.33/cwt	130.00–150.00	2,309	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,548	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,694	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,957	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

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Receipts 284Last week 141Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,745	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,481	200.00–215.00	206.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	219.00	219.00
115	—	1,530	220.00–231.00	227.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,301	140.00–175.00	159.05
19	—	1,318	180.00–190.00	183.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	210.00–211.00	210.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	219.00	219.00
83	—	1,409	220.00–232.50	227.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	140.00–145.00	142.73
1	—	1,140	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,591	110.00–125.00	115.36
2	—	1,458	90.00–100.00	95.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,657	130.00–150.00	139.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	130.00	130.00

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.