Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 lower. In the slaughter cow division, Breakers sold 2.50 higher. Boners and Leans had a light test to last week. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,836	78.23	1,436	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	70.19	957	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	59.69	722	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	943	32.96	311	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,225	112.92	1,383	53
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	114.51	1,565	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	104.08	1,245	5thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	59.44/cwt	55.00–65.00	718	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,160	108.17/cwt	107.50–109.00	1,255	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,045	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	25.61/cwt	21.00–31.00	237	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	452	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	547	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,196	104.08/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,245	5
Bulls	—	—	1,998	81.60/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,630	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	68.83/cwt	64.00–74.00	904	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	115.36/cwt	112.00–117.25	1,574	92
Bulls	—	—	1,970	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,812	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,240	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	107.98/cwt	103.00–110.50	1,494	12
Bulls	—	—	1,055	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	538	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,085	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	760	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	114.02/cwt	110.50–116.25	1,414	43

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 25, 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 — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,208	55.00–65.00	59.44
1	—	1,560	67.00	67.00
1	—	1,005	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	21.00–31.00	25.61
1	—	995	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,314	64.00–74.00	68.83
1	—	1,610	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,160	107.50–109.00	108.17
43	—	1,240	110.50–116.25	114.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,196	95.00–108.00	104.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,364	112.00–117.25	115.36
12	—	1,384	103.00–110.50	107.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,998	75.00–87.00	81.60
1	—	1,970	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,055	51.00	51.00

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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