Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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	1,855	71.50	1,326	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,604	63.02	1,011	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	52.03	636	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	29.23	312	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,298	85.80	1,114	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	123.11	1,660	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	125.18	1,862	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,172	104.92	1,230	5thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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%	—	1,320	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	845	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	527	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	222	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	71.50/cwt	71.00–72.00	1,326	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,790	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	125.08/cwt	120.50–127.25	1,687	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	112.99/cwt	92.00–120.00	1,517	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	70.19/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,146	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	22.90/cwt	20.00–25.00	238	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	39.78/cwt	35.00–44.00	444	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	63.33/cwt	58.00–68.50	1,021	35
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,298	85.80/cwt	82.00–87.25	1,114	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,172	104.92/cwt	102.00–106.50	1,230	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	126.05/cwt	123.00–127.50	1,879	82
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	118.26/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,644	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	51.33/cwt	45.00–54.00	771	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	54.05/cwt	51.00–60.00	656	9

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 Jan 23, 2020

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. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,285	41.00	41.00
1	—	1,055	21.00	21.00
9	—	1,213	51.00–60.00	54.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,633	70.00–71.00	70.19
35	—	1,612	58.00–68.50	63.33
4	—	1,503	45.00–54.00	51.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,040	20.00–25.00	22.90
3	—	1,115	35.00–44.00	39.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,855	71.00–72.00	71.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	95.00	95.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	102.00–106.50	104.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,491	123.00–127.50	126.05
6	—	1,390	116.00–119.00	118.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,349	120.50–127.25	125.08
7	—	1,343	92.00–120.00	112.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,298	82.00–87.25	85.80

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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