Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. No price comparisons to last weeks light test for Slaughter Dairy steers, slaughter heifers, and slaughter cows. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,592	77.65	1,236	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,327	72.45	961	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	54.06	798	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	48.27	584	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	40.10	425	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,555	88.61	1,378	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	82.90	1,076	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,227	116.72	1,433	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,020	105.00	1,071	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,355	116.63	1,580	42

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,846	75.79/cwt	71.00–82.00	1,399	4
Bulls	—	—	1,465	78.58/cwt	75.00–82.50	1,151	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,020	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,071	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,682	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,555	88.61/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,378	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	82.90/cwt	82.00–83.75	1,076	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	116.87/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,572	38
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	1,560	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,113	110.13/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,226	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,241	117.51/cwt	113.00–119.25	1,458	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,630	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,027	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	38.93/cwt	26.00–45.00	454	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	51.03/cwt	47.00–57.00	623	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,155	73.00/cwt	62.00–82.00	843	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,895	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,194	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,316	45.32/cwt	42.50–48.00	596	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	56.78/cwt	52.50–61.00	857	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	230	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	43.47/cwt	41.00–48.00	503	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,250	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,113	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,365	64.17/cwt	63.50–65.00	876	2

How this sale compares

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.

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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu May 23, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,846	71.00–82.00	75.79
8	—	1,465	75.00–82.50	78.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,113	106.00–111.50	110.13
42	—	1,241	113.00–119.25	117.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	115.00	115.00
38	—	1,345	114.00–119.00	116.87
1	—	1,390	112.25	112.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,555	85.00–91.00	88.61
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	82.00–83.75	82.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	63.00	63.00
11	—	1,165	26.00–45.00	38.93
14	—	1,221	47.00–57.00	51.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	62.00–82.00	73.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	63.00	63.00
6	—	1,316	42.50–48.00	45.32
16	—	1,509	52.50–61.00	56.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,158	41.00–48.00	43.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	89.00	89.00
2	—	1,365	63.50–65.00	64.17

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.

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