Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 1.75 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold .25 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 6.75 lower, Boners 8.00 higher, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold .75 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	—	High	1,747	65.98	1,153	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,253	61.00	764	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,386	55.26	766	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	50.40	613	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	943	27.46	259	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,525	86.52	1,319	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,257	105.19	1,322	59
Steers	Choice	Low	1,416	107.22	1,518	113
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	88.70	1,053	4thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,525	86.52/cwt	85.50–88.00	1,319	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	100.38/cwt	95.00–101.25	1,279	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	50.60/cwt	50.00–51.00	748	2
Bulls	—	—	1,245	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	934	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,253	106.29/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,332	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	55.92/cwt	52.50–62.00	768	14
Bulls	—	—	1,420	52.78/cwt	50.00–55.00	749	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	98.51/cwt	79.00–102.50	1,290	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	11.53/cwt	10.00–14.00	95	2
Bulls	—	—	1,940	68.88/cwt	63.00–72.50	1,336	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	108.35/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,549	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	24.53/cwt	23.00–25.00	240	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	39.86/cwt	35.00–45.00	478	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,023	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	33.27/cwt	30.00–39.00	320	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	56.24/cwt	52.00–62.00	706	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	87.26/cwt	84.50–89.00	1,062	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,253	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	764	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	975	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	595	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 Oct 3, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,525	85.50–88.00	86.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,274	95.00–101.25	100.38
48	—	1,253	103.00–108.00	106.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	50.00–51.00	50.60
14	—	1,373	52.50–62.00	55.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	10.00–14.00	11.53
3	—	978	23.00–25.00	24.53
7	—	961	30.00–39.00	33.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	35.00–45.00	39.86
9	—	1,256	52.00–62.00	56.24
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	61.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	61.00	61.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,420	50.00–55.00	52.78
6	—	1,940	63.00–72.50	68.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,310	79.00–102.50	98.51
100	—	1,430	103.00–109.75	108.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	93.00	93.00
3	—	1,217	84.50–89.00	87.26

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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