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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Jan 20

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← Oct 21Jan 20Mar 31 →

Receipts

180 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 88▲ 180 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

Today at Walnut, a light offering for the first feeder special of 2026 was met with moderate demand on active trading. Good demand on feeder heifers.

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 $393.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −23.16 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.

Average price

$393.00

6 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$64.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−78.04

vs IL average

−72.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	414.50	2,408	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	350.00	2,093	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.50/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale6 hd

393.00

—

IL average3 barns · 267 hd

471.04

−78.04

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−72.33

This barn, trailing median1 sales

416.16

−23.16

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,223	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,752	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	436.13/cwt	432.50–441.00	2,133	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,408	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,093	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	336.30/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,035	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	398.05/cwt	390.00–403.50	2,428	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	312.44/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,922	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,413	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,417	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,587	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,303	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,710	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,546	2
Steers	850–900	Large 2-3	870	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,240	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	450.96/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,529	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	422.08/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,735	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	340.78/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,113	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,904	1
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	678	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,109	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	346.28/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,365	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	342.34/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,400	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,458	6
Heifers	800–850	Large 1-2	845	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,514	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	973	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,457	3

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 180Last week 88Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, a light offering for the first feeder special of 2026 was met with moderate demand on active trading. Good demand on feeder heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	465.00	465.00
3	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	598	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	605	335.00–347.50	336.30
1	650–700	675	357.50	357.50
5	700–750	737	328.00	328.00
5	750–800	755	305.00	305.00
2	850–900	863	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	457.50	457.50
7	450–500	489	432.50–441.00	436.13
4	550–600	581	414.50	414.50
10	600–650	610	390.00–403.50	398.05
11	700–750	739	350.00	350.00
19	750–800	790	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	310.00–315.00	312.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	445.00–455.00	450.96
5	400–450	411	400.00–427.50	422.08
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
21	600–650	620	330.00–360.00	340.78
16	650–700	683	345.00–348.00	346.28
15	700–750	701	341.00–346.00	342.34
6	750–800	793	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	640	297.50	297.50
3	950–1000	973	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	678	311.00	311.00
1	800–850	845	297.50	297.50

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.