Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cattle were sharply lower. Slaughter steers sold 7.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 11.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold much lower with Breakers 14.75 lower, Boners 6.25 lower, and Leans 9.25 lower. Trade was active with soft 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	1,643	74.40	1,222	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	53.92	842	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	45.64	540	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	27.48	295	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	90.50	1,338	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,301	108.41	1,411	39
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	113.13	1,636	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	104.50	1,249	1thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,478	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,338	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,249	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	115.14/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,693	51
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	102.85/cwt	96.75–109.00	1,361	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	27.22/cwt	22.00–32.50	295	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	53.92/cwt	47.50–58.50	842	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	152	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	38.59/cwt	35.00–42.00	459	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	447	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	47.65/cwt	45.00–54.00	563	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	104.32/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,297	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	110.96/cwt	108.00–113.50	1,485	24
Bulls	—	—	1,643	74.40/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,222	2

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 Mar 5, 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
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,478	90.50	90.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	104.50	104.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,470	111.00–116.50	115.14
10	—	1,323	96.75–109.00	102.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,083	22.00–32.50	27.22
1	—	1,010	15.00	15.00
1	—	1,090	41.00	41.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,562	47.50–58.50	53.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	35.00–42.00	38.59
7	—	1,182	45.00–54.00	47.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,243	101.00–106.00	104.32
24	—	1,338	108.00–113.50	110.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	70.00–80.00	74.40

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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