Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 7.50 to 8.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 17.00 higher in a light test. Trade was active with 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	—	Average	1,652	91.50	1,512	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,480	91.93	1,361	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,499	71.12	1,066	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,345	57.67	776	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,209	114.81	1,389	121
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	108.01	1,306	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,310	114.18	1,495	116
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	101.32	1,284	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	108.56/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,348	7
Bulls	—	—	1,633	89.66/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,464	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,267	109.23/cwt	105.00–111.25	1,384	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,445	100.57/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,453	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	511	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,319	115.28/cwt	112.00–118.25	1,521	95
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,483	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	754	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	101.32/cwt	101.00–102.00	1,284	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	115.36/cwt	111.00–117.50	1,392	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	78.06/cwt	73.00–81.00	1,215	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,585	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,046	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	108.01/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,306	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,659	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	66.17/cwt	62.00–72.00	965	7
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	960	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	768	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 Jul 18, 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
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,242	107.50–110.00	108.56
6	—	1,257	118.00	118.00
107	—	1,207	111.00–117.50	115.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,209	98.00–110.00	108.01
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,633	87.00–93.00	89.66
1	—	1,710	97.00	97.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,267	105.00–111.25	109.23
95	—	1,319	112.00–118.25	115.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	101.00–102.00	101.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	100.00–102.00	100.57
1	—	1,585	66.00	66.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,370	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,530	73.00	73.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,556	73.00–81.00	78.06
7	—	1,458	62.00–72.00	66.17

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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