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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-09

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Sep 9

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

75 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 80▼ 86 vs year ago 161 · −53.4%

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 6.00 on good demand and active trade. No price comparison on slaughter cows of a lessor kind.

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,435	126.00	1,808	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,170	95.54	1,118	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	221.90	2,966	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	209.00	2,644	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,430	223.05	3,190	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	206.00	2,750	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,145	175.00	2,004	1thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,145	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,004	1
Steers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,170	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,492	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,335	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,750	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,439	223.38/cwt	215.00–225.75	3,214	30
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,265	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,644	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,333	222.19/cwt	216.00–226.00	2,962	29
Heifers	—	Choice	1,445	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	3,085	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	95.54/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,118	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,808	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 Sep 9, 2026

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

Receipts 75Last week 80Year ago 161

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 6.00 on good demand and active trade. No price comparison on slaughter cows of a lessor kind.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	90.00–101.00	95.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,333	216.00–226.00	222.19
1	—	1,445	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,439	215.00–225.75	223.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	213.00	213.00

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.