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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks, but a lower undertone noted. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,629	57.07	930	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	44.43	670	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	34.80	479	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	26.97	292	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	83.63	1,230	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	961	69.50	668	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,321	114.08	1,507	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	100.51	1,226	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	995	75.00	746	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	116.95	1,689	119
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	110.42	1,356	9thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	961	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	668	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	100.51/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,226	2
Heifers	Select	—	995	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	746	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	114.85/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,519	54
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	103.69/cwt	91.00–110.50	1,336	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	23.75/cwt	21.00–31.00	261	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	36.64/cwt	35.00–37.50	377	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,470	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,272	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,475	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,106	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	110.42/cwt	108.50–112.50	1,356	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	117.17/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,693	116
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	108.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,535	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	44.43/cwt	41.00–48.00	670	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	34.64/cwt	31.00–41.00	468	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	42.76/cwt	42.00–43.50	620	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	283	1
Bulls	—	—	1,889	61.11/cwt	55.00–65.00	1,154	4
Bulls	—	—	1,283	51.69/cwt	48.00–54.00	663	3

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 Dec 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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No price comparisons to the last two weeks, but a lower undertone noted. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	961	69.50	69.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	86.50	86.50
1	—	1,475	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	95.00–107.00	100.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,323	112.50–117.50	114.85
4	—	1,288	91.00–110.50	103.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	21.00–31.00	23.75
2	—	1,030	35.00–37.50	36.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,507	41.00–48.00	44.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,350	31.00–41.00	34.64
2	—	1,450	42.00–43.50	42.76
1	—	1,415	20.00	20.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,228	108.50–112.50	110.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,445	113.00–119.00	117.17
3	—	1,416	105.00–110.00	108.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,889	55.00–65.00	61.11
3	—	1,283	48.00–54.00	51.69

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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