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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Aug 26

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

91 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 95▼ 40 vs year ago 131 · −30.5%

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 2.00 on a light offering. Slaughter cows were lightly tested with no price comparison to one week ago. Demand was good on active trading.

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	1,220	187.00	2,281	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,546	162.59	2,514	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,460	145.00	2,117	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	222.32	2,920	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	207.00	2,215	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	223.12	3,264	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	930	205.50	1,911	1thin

Every lot

8 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	—	Select and ChoiceLight Weight	930	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,911	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,463	223.12/cwt	216.00–226.00	3,264	32
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceLight Weight	1,070	207.00/cwt	203.00–209.00	2,215	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,312	222.91/cwt	213.00–226.50	2,925	40
Heifers	—	Choice	1,340	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,821	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,220	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,281	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,117	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,546	162.59/cwt	155.00–172.00	2,514	5

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 91Last week 95Year ago 131

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 2.00 on a light offering. Slaughter cows were lightly tested with no price comparison to one week ago. Demand was good on active trading.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,546	155.00–172.00	162.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,312	213.00–226.50	222.91
2	—	1,340	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,070	203.00–209.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,463	216.00–226.00	223.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	205.50	205.50

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.