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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jul 8

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

131 head

▲ 72 vs last sale 59▼ 149 vs year ago 280 · −53.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 1.00-2.00 on a quality run. Slaughter cows on a light test higher 5.00. No test for slaughter bulls. Trade was good, demand good to very good on a nice summer set of slaughter cattle.

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,325	191.41	2,536	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	155.85	2,202	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,240	127.73	1,584	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,712	230.00	3,938	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,277	255.46	3,263	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,372	254.76	3,495	79

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,096	248.86/cwt	247.50–250.00	2,728	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,412	255.62/cwt	251.00–258.50	3,609	69
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,040	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,579	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,284	255.67/cwt	252.00–258.50	3,283	35
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,240	127.73/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,584	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,265	189.11/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,392	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	155.85/cwt	151.00–161.00	2,202	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,832	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,712	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,938	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 Jul 8, 2026

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

Receipts 131Last week 59Year ago 280

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	151.00–161.00	155.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	188.00–190.00	189.11
1	—	1,445	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	124.00–132.00	127.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	248.00	248.00
35	—	1,284	252.00–258.50	255.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,096	247.50–250.00	248.86
69	—	1,412	251.00–258.50	255.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,712	230.00	230.00

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.