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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jun 24

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

135 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 49▲ 135 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 higher 3.00 on a quality set. Slaughter cows traded lower 6.00 with slaughter bulls on a light test higher 3.00. Quality offering on active trade with good to very good 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	—	Average	2,045	227.92	4,661	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	184.59	2,950	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,607	170.84	2,745	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	839	143.00	1,200	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,610	237.00	3,816	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	256.57	3,171	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	260.73	3,776	86

Every lot

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,030	246.77/cwt	246.00–247.50	2,542	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,145	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,828	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,460	261.70/cwt	254.00–264.75	3,821	79
Steers	—	Choice	1,498	251.95/cwt	251.00–253.00	3,774	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	950	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,195	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,030	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,421	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,220	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	3,087	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,264	259.39/cwt	255.00–260.75	3,279	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,045	227.92/cwt	225.00–231.00	4,661	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	839	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,200	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	184.59/cwt	176.00–194.00	2,950	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,607	170.84/cwt	163.00–177.00	2,745	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,610	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,816	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

Wed Jun 24, 2026

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

Receipts 135Last week 49Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,460	254.00–264.75	261.70
1	—	1,145	247.00	247.00
4	—	1,498	251.00–253.00	251.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	246.00–247.50	246.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	253.00	253.00
18	—	1,264	255.00–260.75	259.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	839	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,598	176.00–194.00	184.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	163.00–177.00	170.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,045	225.00–231.00	227.92

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.