Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,798	63.00	1,132	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	45.50	651	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	41.95	537	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	34.19	353	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	90.50	1,311	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	109.05	1,398	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	110.94	1,579	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	83.51	1,055	2thin

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%	—	1,194	36.76/cwt	25.00–41.00	439	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	41.65/cwt	37.50–48.00	519	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,281	109.57/cwt	106.00–111.75	1,404	46
Steers	Choice	—	1,417	111.19/cwt	107.25–112.50	1,576	95
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,395	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,158	1
Bulls	—	—	2,075	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,473	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	651	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	103.11/cwt	98.00–104.50	1,333	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,627	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	83.51/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,055	2
Bulls	—	—	1,520	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	836	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	46.10/cwt	43.50–52.00	622	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	28.59/cwt	21.00–35.00	250	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	104.85/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,455	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,722	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,756	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,459	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,342	5

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 17, 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
4	—	1,194	25.00–41.00	36.76
5	—	1,349	43.50–52.00	46.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	37.50–48.00	41.65
4	—	875	21.00–35.00	28.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	45.50	45.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,281	106.00–111.75	109.57
4	—	1,293	98.00–104.50	103.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,417	107.25–112.50	111.19
6	—	1,440	113.00	113.00
3	—	1,388	104.00–105.50	104.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	82.00–85.00	83.51
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,722	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	83.00	83.00
5	—	1,459	92.00	92.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,075	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,520	55.00	55.00

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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