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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jan 14

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

105 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 195▲ 105 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 were trading steady to lower $6.00-7.00. Slaughter cows traded lower $2.00-5.00. Walnut had moderate demand for light offerings.

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,512	133.83	2,024	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,380	104.59	1,443	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,235	106.63	1,317	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	227.62	3,122	44
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	226.80	3,390	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,255	214.00	2,686	4thin

Every lot

9 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	1,255	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,686	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,492	227.29/cwt	224.00–230.00	3,391	30
Steers	—	Choice	1,538	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	3,376	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,328	216.19/cwt	215.00–218.00	2,871	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,376	228.76/cwt	225.00–232.00	3,148	40
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	85.36/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,067	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,423	111.00/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,580	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,512	133.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,024	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	106.63/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,317	3

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Receipts 105Last week 195Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers were trading steady to lower $6.00-7.00. Slaughter cows traded lower $2.00-5.00. Walnut had moderate demand for light offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	80.00–90.00	85.36
6	—	1,423	105.00–120.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	130.00–140.00	133.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,328	215.00–218.00	216.19
40	—	1,376	225.00–232.00	228.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,492	224.00–230.00	227.29
2	—	1,538	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	100.00–110.00	106.63

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.