Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,260	76.83	968	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,785	66.02	1,178	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,315	72.50	953	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,551	58.66	910	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,304	43.35	565	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,175	28.29	332	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,423	100.49	1,430	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,291	120.91	1,561	54
Steers	Choice	Low	1,415	121.80	1,724	102
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	113.86	1,492	10

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
Bulls	—	—	2,195	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,580	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	64.03/cwt	62.50–66.00	1,055	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	238	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	50.55/cwt	45.00–55.50	662	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	39.73/cwt	31.00–42.00	509	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	48.54/cwt	35.00–53.00	725	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	122.17/cwt	119.50–124.00	1,596	43
Steers	Choice	—	1,363	115.07/cwt	111.50–118.50	1,568	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,420	124.34/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,766	76
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	113.86/cwt	95.00–118.50	1,492	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,423	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,430	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,260	76.83/cwt	71.00–82.00	968	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	61.11/cwt	55.00–65.50	956	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	116	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	23.22/cwt	21.00–25.00	280	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	37.77/cwt	35.00–42.00	437	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,315	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	953	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	115.97/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,429	11
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,691	108.94/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,842	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 Jan 30, 2020

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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,195	72.00	72.00
3	—	1,648	62.50–66.00	64.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	15.00	15.00
12	—	1,309	45.00–55.50	50.55
16	—	1,282	31.00–42.00	39.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,494	35.00–53.00	48.54
33	—	1,565	55.00–65.50	61.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	10.00	10.00
2	—	1,208	21.00–25.00	23.22
3	—	1,158	35.00–42.00	37.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	72.50	72.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,306	119.50–124.00	122.17
11	—	1,232	115.00–117.50	115.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,363	111.50–118.50	115.07
76	—	1,420	120.00–126.50	124.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,310	95.00–118.50	113.86
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,691	104.00–111.50	108.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	100.00–101.00	100.49
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	71.00–82.00	76.83

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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