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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Jul 29

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

128 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 191▲ 6 vs year ago 122 · +4.9%

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 3.00-4.00. Slaughter cows and bulls on a light test traded with a higher undertone. Demand trending to good on 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	—	Average	1,603	215.24	3,451	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	183.00	2,507	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	156.68	2,035	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	127.50	1,205	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,220	237.42	2,896	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	222.00	2,353	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	949	189.31	1,796	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,424	238.12	3,390	74

Every lot

12 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	1,423	238.30/cwt	231.00–240.50	3,391	73
Steers	—	Choice	1,475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,319	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	883	183.46/cwt	180.00–187.50	1,620	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,030	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,379	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,060	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,353	1
Heifers	—	SelectLight Weight	1,080	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,171	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,227	237.66/cwt	234.00–240.25	2,916	27
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,442	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,028	3
Bulls	—	—	1,845	223.09/cwt	221.00–225.00	4,116	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,205	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	156.68/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,035	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,507	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 Jul 29, 2026

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

Receipts 128Last week 191Year ago 122

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 3.00-4.00. Slaughter cows and bulls on a light test traded with a higher undertone. Demand trending to good on active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,423	231.00–240.50	238.30
1	—	1,475	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	180.00–187.50	183.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,227	234.00–240.25	237.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	150.00–167.00	156.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	210.00	210.00
2	—	1,845	221.00–225.00	223.09

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.