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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Mar 31

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044

← Jan 20Mar 31Oct 20 →

Receipts

105 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 180▲ 105 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 of pasture ready feeder cattle was met with good demand on active trade.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.20/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $390.20.

Average price

$390.20

17 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$581

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

$116.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−32.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	406.50	2,234	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	383.56	2,102	7thin
Medium and Large 2	570	290.00	1,653	1thin

One grade step is worth $116.50/cwt here — about $581 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale17 hd

390.20

—

IL average1 barns · 17 hd

390.20

+0.00

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−32.99

This barn, trailing median1 sales

390.20

+0.00

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,540	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,826	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,803	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	436.13/cwt	432.50–437.50	2,351	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	381.20/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,207	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,671	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,731	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,663	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,709	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	965	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,678	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,879	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,440	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	516.15/cwt	510.00–522.50	1,626	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,846	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	445.54/cwt	437.50–455.00	1,916	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,945	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	414.62/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,168	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	386.23/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,059	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,158	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	376.41/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,379	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,614	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,772	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,512	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,974	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	437.60/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,873	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,913	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,167	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 Mar 31, 2026

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

Receipts 105Last week 180Year ago 0

Today at Walnut, a light offering of pasture ready feeder cattle was met with good demand on active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
7	500–550	539	432.50–437.50	436.13
4	550–600	579	380.00–385.00	381.20
1	700–750	745	357.50	357.50
4	750–800	763	355.00	355.00
2	1000–1050	1,010	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	335	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	350	515.00	515.00
7	600–650	636	420.00	420.00
2	700–750	743	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	640.00	640.00
2	300–350	315	510.00–522.50	516.15
4	350–400	371	497.50	497.50
11	400–450	430	437.50–455.00	445.54
4	500–550	523	405.00–422.50	414.62
5	550–600	571	400.00	400.00
10	600–650	632	372.50–382.50	376.41
6	650–700	688	380.00	380.00
7	700–750	730	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	880	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	442.00	442.00
4	500–550	533	375.00–390.00	386.23
3	550–600	568	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	620	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	560.00	560.00
2	400–450	405	487.50	487.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	435.00–440.00	437.60
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	715	267.50	267.50
1	800–850	810	267.50	267.50

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.