Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter Heifers sold 2.00 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,475	96.00	1,416	1thin
Bulls	—	High	1,589	76.19	1,210	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,347	72.25	973	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	70.56	1,002	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,000	42.38	424	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,391	87.65	1,220	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,336	77.94	1,041	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,239	116.31	1,441	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,068	102.65	1,096	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	960	89.24	857	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,329	116.52	1,549	136
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,247	105.07	1,310	20

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	1,229	116.14/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,427	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	97	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,350	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,080	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	960	89.24/cwt	86.00–93.00	857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	49.30/cwt	45.00–55.00	499	2
Bulls	—	—	1,210	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,089	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,450	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,068	102.65/cwt	92.00–109.00	1,096	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	35.11/cwt	30.00–41.00	397	3
Bulls	—	—	1,825	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,113	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,383	87.53/cwt	84.00–91.50	1,211	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,212	111.36/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,350	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	805	62.56/cwt	62.00–63.00	504	2
Bulls	—	—	1,624	76.53/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,243	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	77.94/cwt	72.00–79.25	1,041	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	119.16/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,655	90
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	108.86/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,293	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	72.25/cwt	70.00–73.00	973	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,475	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,416	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	119.20/cwt	119.00–119.50	1,541	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	70.56/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,002	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,248	105.81/cwt	93.00–113.50	1,321	19

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 Aug 1, 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
39	—	1,229	112.00–118.00	116.14
3	—	1,188	106.00–111.00	108.86
10	—	1,293	119.00–119.50	119.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	86.00–93.00	89.24
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,068	92.00–109.00	102.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	969	10.00	10.00
2	—	1,013	45.00–55.00	49.30
3	—	1,132	30.00–41.00	35.11
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	62.00–63.00	62.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,347	70.00–73.00	72.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	68.00–75.00	70.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,450	92.00	92.00
9	—	1,383	84.00–91.50	87.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,336	72.00–79.25	77.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,825	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,624	75.00–81.00	76.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,212	105.00–113.50	111.36
90	—	1,389	114.00–120.50	119.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	91.00	91.00
19	—	1,248	93.00–113.50	105.81
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	96.00	96.00

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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