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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Oct 15

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← Mar 19Oct 15Nov 19 →

Receipts

126 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 211▼ 239 vs year ago 365 · −65.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Full harvest mode in northern Illinois resulted in a light offering of feeder cattle today in Walnut. Light attendance drove light demand. As no reported feeder specials have occurred within the last 30 days, no price comparison is available for today's auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $240.24/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −175.91 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.

Average price

$240.24

18 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.56

vs IL average

−59.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	240.24	1,334	18thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

240.24

—

IL average2 barns · 92 hd

259.81

−19.56

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−59.09

This barn, trailing median1 sales

416.16

−175.91

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,175	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,103	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,232	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	899	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	290.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,366	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	232.77/cwt	225.00–252.50	1,224	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,406	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,454	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,462	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	754	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,282	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,625	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,138	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	914	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,100	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	918	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,056	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	220.70/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,190	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	223.91/cwt	222.50–226.00	1,276	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,548	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,642	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,745	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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 126Last week 211Year ago 365

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	262.50	262.50
2	450–500	463	237.50	237.50
3	700–750	710	218.00	218.00
2	850–900	868	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	220.00	220.00
5	500–550	539	215.00–222.00	220.70
18	550–600	570	222.50–226.00	223.91
7	800–850	821	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	267.00	267.00
7	500–550	526	225.00–252.50	232.77
11	550–600	574	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	622	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	370	317.50	317.50
4	400–450	414	297.50	297.50
14	450–500	471	285.00–295.00	290.00
4	600–650	606	240.00	240.00
10	750–800	763	213.00	213.00
5	950–1000	990	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	754	170.00	170.00

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.