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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-01

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jul 1

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

59 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 135▲ 59 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 lower 6.00 as compared to one week ago. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested with no price comparison. Hot weather drove a light offering, trade and demand moderate to good.

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	1,300	211.00	2,743	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	180.83	2,519	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	131.00	1,290	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,219	246.72	3,008	25
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,145	160.00	1,832	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	254.78	3,783	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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,485	254.78/cwt	253.00–258.00	3,783	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,066	237.48/cwt	231.00–242.00	2,532	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,080	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,668	2
Heifers	—	Standard	1,145	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,832	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,239	242.20/cwt	234.00–244.50	3,001	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	253.57/cwt	251.50–256.50	3,360	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,743	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,290	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,393	180.83/cwt	175.00–190.00	2,519	4

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 Jul 1, 2026

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

Receipts 59Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	253.00–258.00	254.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	247.00	247.00
7	—	1,066	231.00–242.00	237.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,325	251.50–256.50	253.57
4	—	1,239	234.00–244.50	242.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	175.00–190.00	180.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	211.00	211.00

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.