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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Oct 18

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← earliestOct 18Nov 15 →

Receipts

155 head

▲ 155 vs last sale 0▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Continued harvest in northern Illinois resulted in a light offering of quality feeder cattle today in Walnut, IL. Most weight classes sold steady as compared to past auctions with active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.94/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$156.94

73 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.30

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	156.94	874	73

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale73 hd

156.94

—

IL average4 barns · 341 hd

147.64

+9.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	447	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	711	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	757	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	169.03/cwt	167.50–172.00	892	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	174.33/cwt	173.00–177.50	981	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	170.86/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,058	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,139	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	465	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	515	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	650	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	156.37/cwt	155.00–159.00	826	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	159.89/cwt	150.00–161.00	918	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	938	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	973	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,227	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - Walnut, IL

Tue Oct 18, 2022

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

Receipts 155Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	167.50–172.00	169.03
3	—	452	167.50	167.50
2	—	735	155.00	155.00
2	—	418	170.00	170.00
1	—	245	182.50	182.50
24	—	619	164.00–174.00	170.86
10	—	563	173.00–177.50	174.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	574	150.00–161.00	159.89
17	—	609	154.00	154.00
17	—	528	155.00–159.00	156.37
4	—	425	153.00	153.00
2	—	870	141.00	141.00
2	—	662	147.00	147.00
2	—	332	155.00	155.00
2	—	255	182.50	182.50
1	—	460	160.00	160.00

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.