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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Sep 16

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

176 head

▲ 101 vs last sale 75▲ 47 vs year ago 129 · +36.4%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers and heifers traded mostly steady on a good run. Trade was active with good demand.

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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,292	222.35	2,873	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	203.89	2,341	12
Heifers	Select	Average	990	195.00	1,931	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	224.70	3,246	113
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	204.35	2,350	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,370	188.09	2,577	5thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,095	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,916	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,150	204.35/cwt	201.00–207.00	2,350	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	223.91/cwt	216.75–227.25	3,191	93
Steers	—	Select	1,439	191.36/cwt	181.00–198.00	2,754	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,537	228.35/cwt	228.25–228.75	3,510	20
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	990	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,931	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,148	203.89/cwt	200.00–207.00	2,341	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,242	214.23/cwt	212.00–215.25	2,661	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,296	222.96/cwt	216.50–227.25	2,890	40

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 176Last week 75Year ago 129

Slaughter steers and heifers traded mostly steady on a good run. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,296	216.50–227.25	222.96
3	—	1,242	212.00–215.25	214.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,148	200.00–207.00	203.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,425	216.75–227.25	223.91
20	—	1,537	228.25–228.75	228.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	175.00	175.00
4	—	1,439	181.00–198.00	191.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	201.00–207.00	204.35

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.