Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter cattle prices were sharply lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 10.00 to 10.50 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower, with the exception of the Breakers, that sold 1.50 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. 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	1,268	78.85	1,000	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,701	67.71	1,152	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	63.53	938	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	54.45	608	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	42.81	454	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,201	99.58	1,196	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	93.00	1,130	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	100.82	1,383	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,205	89.41	1,077	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,177	73.30	863	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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%	—	1,690	68.51/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,198	99.84/cwt	96.50–102.00	1,196	52
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	675	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	54.79/cwt	50.00–57.00	570	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	95.15/cwt	95.00–95.25	1,199	3
Steers	Select	—	1,177	73.30/cwt	59.00–80.00	863	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	41.18/cwt	35.00–46.00	572	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	46.08/cwt	41.00–51.00	481	17
Steers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	945	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	813	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	65.38/cwt	62.00–68.00	898	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	28.90/cwt	20.00–37.00	306	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,377	101.46/cwt	96.75–103.00	1,397	94
Bulls	—	—	1,860	71.96/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,338	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,330	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	200	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	77.96/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,029	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,268	78.85/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,000	2
Bulls	—	—	1,437	60.63/cwt	60.00–61.00	871	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	61.54/cwt	60.00–62.50	857	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,130	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,206	91.73/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,106	14

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 Sep 12, 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
2	—	1,690	68.00–69.00	68.51
5	—	1,392	60.00–62.50	61.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,040	50.00–57.00	54.79
2	—	1,388	35.00–46.00	41.18
2	—	1,373	62.00–68.00	65.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,044	41.00–51.00	46.08
2	—	1,060	20.00–37.00	28.90
1	—	1,330	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,198	96.50–102.00	99.84
3	—	1,260	95.00–95.25	95.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	93.00	93.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	57.00	57.00
14	—	1,206	85.00–94.00	91.73
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	59.00–80.00	73.30
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	86.00	86.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,377	96.75–103.00	101.46
2	—	1,320	76.00–80.00	77.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,860	67.00–75.00	71.96
3	—	1,437	60.00–61.00	60.63
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	75.00–84.00	78.85

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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