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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Oct 21

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← Dec 17Oct 21Jan 20 →

Receipts

88 head

▼ 188 vs last sale 276▲ 88 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

Special Note: No price comparison is available for today's feeder cattle special, as this was the first reported feeder sale this fall at Walnut.

Today in Walnut, a good-quality, light offering met with good demand and active trade. There was increased demand for long-time weaned and multi-vaccinated feeders.

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 $396.75/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −19.40 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.

Average price

$396.75

14 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$68.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.57

vs IL average

−61.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	411.36	2,182	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	343.17	1,987	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.19/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

396.75

—

IL average2 barns · 57 hd

387.18

+9.57

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−61.39

This barn, trailing median1 sales

416.16

−19.40

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

Every lot

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	463.81/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,008	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,208	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,100	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,321	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	343.17/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,987	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	386.26/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,426	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	6
Steers	800–850	Large 2	815	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,017	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	858	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,231	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	423.17/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,862	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,854	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	406.89/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,998	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,948	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,911	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,178	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,027	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,856	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,341	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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Receipts 88Last week 276Year ago 0

Special Note: No price comparison is available for today's feeder cattle special, as this was the first reported feeder sale this fall at Walnut.

Today in Walnut, a good-quality, light offering met with good demand and active trade. There was increased demand for long-time weaned and multi-vaccinated feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	477.00	477.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	407.50–435.00	423.17
4	450–500	491	405.00–407.50	406.89
3	650–700	658	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	407.50	407.50
1	500–550	545	357.50	357.50
2	550–600	588	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	433	450.00–477.50	463.81
5	450–500	488	452.50	452.50
7	500–550	506	415.00	415.00
4	550–600	573	405.00	405.00
16	600–650	628	380.00–389.00	386.26
6	700–750	730	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	579	340.00–350.00	343.17
2	700–750	725	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	858	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	247.50	247.50

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.