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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jan 21

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

50 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 105▲ 50 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 higher $1.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to higher $3.00. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Light demand on mostly active trade.

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	1,475	120.00	1,770	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,418	137.51	1,950	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	106.28	1,360	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,496	226.71	3,392	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	184.00	1,932	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,563	223.01	3,485	14
Steers	Select	Low	1,555	183.95	2,860	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	1,390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,363	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,487	208.58/cwt	208.00–210.00	3,102	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,568	228.34/cwt	224.00–229.50	3,580	10
Steers	—	Select	1,596	187.44/cwt	180.00–200.00	2,992	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,735	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,696	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,050	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,932	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,496	226.71/cwt	224.00–228.00	3,392	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,165	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,165	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,499	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	106.28/cwt	85.00–125.00	1,360	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,418	137.51/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,950	2

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 50Last week 105Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher $1.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to higher $3.00. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Light demand on mostly active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,596	180.00–200.00	187.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,568	224.00–229.50	228.34
1	—	1,735	213.00	213.00
3	—	1,487	208.00–210.00	208.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,496	224.00–228.00	226.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,280	85.00–125.00	106.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	130.00–145.00	137.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,785	140.00	140.00

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.