Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 9.50 to 10.50 lower. No test to last week for the slaughter Holstein steers, but a sharply lower undertone noted for them as well. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.75 lower. No test for slaughter bulls to last weeks light test. Trade was active with soft 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,305	90.00	1,175	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,721	72.35	1,245	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	59.73	927	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	51.79	637	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,034	38.09	394	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,560	79.13	1,234	13
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,492	70.00	1,044	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,225	104.82	1,284	75
Heifers	Select	Average	928	71.58	664	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,325	106.39	1,410	140
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,189	94.56	1,124	7thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	59.08/cwt	53.00–62.50	870	7
Bulls	—	—	1,721	72.35/cwt	65.00–77.00	1,245	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,233	100.78/cwt	97.00–101.75	1,243	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	61.84/cwt	59.50–63.00	827	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	107.79/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,453	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	18.31/cwt	12.50–24.00	172	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	44.89/cwt	44.50–45.00	531	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,189	94.56/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,124	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	42.75/cwt	40.00–45.00	480	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	52.33/cwt	46.00–56.50	638	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,560	79.13/cwt	76.50–81.00	1,234	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,150	94.41/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,086	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	884	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,492	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,239	106.80/cwt	102.00–108.25	1,323	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	67.37/cwt	66.00–69.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Select	—	928	71.58/cwt	68.00–75.00	664	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,175	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 Jun 27, 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
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,472	53.00–62.50	59.08
1	—	1,805	49.00	49.00
2	—	1,703	66.00–69.00	67.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	59.00	59.00
2	—	940	12.50–24.00	18.31
4	—	1,123	40.00–45.00	42.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	59.50–63.00	61.84
5	—	1,182	44.50–45.00	44.89
8	—	1,220	46.00–56.50	52.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	65.00–77.00	72.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,233	97.00–101.75	100.78
112	—	1,348	103.00–109.50	107.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,189	90.00–102.50	94.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,560	76.50–81.00	79.13
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,492	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,150	91.00–95.00	94.41
63	—	1,239	102.00–108.25	106.80
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	68.00–75.00	71.58
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	90.00	90.00

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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