Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter Dairy steers sold .50 higher. Slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Leans selling 2.00 higher and Boners selling 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good 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	—	Low	1,408	70.99	1,000	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,525	75.00	1,144	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	55.39	838	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	51.61	629	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	38.16	408	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	88.00	1,260	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,120	78.84	883	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,287	117.14	1,508	40
Steers	Choice	Low	1,368	117.59	1,609	108
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	104.00	1,139	1thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,228	50.65/cwt	40.00–61.00	622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,563	76.93/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,202	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	448	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	52.89/cwt	50.00–59.50	642	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	1,218	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,815	42.75/cwt	35.00–51.50	776	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,282	112.05/cwt	105.00–114.50	1,436	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	118.63/cwt	115.25–121.25	1,642	91
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,139	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,120	78.84/cwt	75.00–82.00	883	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,432	88.00/cwt	84.25–91.00	1,260	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	58.75/cwt	54.50–62.50	874	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	302	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	45.31/cwt	41.00–50.50	529	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	110.59/cwt	109.50–111.50	1,369	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	117.48/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,515	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	870	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	305	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	995	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	816	1

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 30, 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
2	—	1,228	40.00–61.00	50.65
5	—	1,563	71.00–81.00	76.93
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	82.00	82.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	35.00	35.00
13	—	1,213	50.00–59.50	52.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	67.50	67.50
2	—	1,815	35.00–51.50	42.75
10	—	1,488	54.50–62.50	58.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	31.00	31.00
2	—	1,168	41.00–50.50	45.31
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	35.00	35.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,282	105.00–114.50	112.05
91	—	1,384	115.25–121.25	118.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	104.00	104.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	75.00–82.00	78.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,432	84.25–91.00	88.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	109.50–111.50	110.59
38	—	1,290	114.00–119.50	117.48

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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