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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Jan 23

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← Dec 19Jan 23Feb 20 →

Receipts

125 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 185▼ 240 vs year ago 365 · −65.8%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: Due to inclement weather, auction was electronically reported.

A light run of local feeder cattle offered today was mostly multiple vaccinated and long timed weaned. Harsh weather provided poor conditions to transport cattle driving a light run. As the last reported feeder special was 12.19.23 no price comparison is made for today's auction. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $208.35/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$208.35

72 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$44.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.67

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	234.80	1,609	29
Medium and Large 2	729	190.52	1,389	43

One grade step is worth $44.28/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

208.35

—

IL average4 barns · 2,113 hd

234.03

−25.67

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

Every lot

22 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	179.93/cwt	175.00–185.00	923	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	257.59/cwt	237.50–267.50	1,347	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,349	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	186.26/cwt	186.00–187.50	1,144	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,396	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,551	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	234.42/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,702	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	788	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,560	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,612	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	883	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,660	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	995	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,881	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	767	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	923	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	497	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	870	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,107	12
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	655	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	966	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	657	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,133	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,473	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,474	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	800	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,416	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	940	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,763	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.

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

Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - Walnut, IL

Tue Jan 23, 2024

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

Receipts 125Last week 185Year ago 365

Special Note: Due to inclement weather, auction was electronically reported.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	788	198.00	198.00
2	—	513	175.00–185.00	179.93
7	—	883	188.00	188.00
4	—	810	199.00	199.00
17	—	614	186.00–187.50	186.26
3	—	995	189.00	189.00
1	—	380	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	237.50–267.50	257.59
1	—	580	232.50	232.50
19	—	726	234.00–235.00	234.42
3	—	667	232.50	232.50
3	—	642	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	175.00	175.00
1	—	800	177.00	177.00
3	—	657	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	205.00	205.00
8	—	760	194.00	194.00
3	—	313	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	503	220.00	220.00
7	—	695	212.00	212.00

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.