Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 6.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.50 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady in a light test. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,720	80.00	1,376	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,927	57.03	1,099	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,272	82.24	1,046	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,522	54.42	828	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,246	45.53	567	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	45.00	518	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,533	87.12	1,336	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,326	108.05	1,433	25
Steers	Choice	Average	1,430	108.94	1,558	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,480	101.94	1,509	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
Bulls	—	—	1,833	50.04/cwt	40.00–60.00	917	2
Bulls	—	—	2,115	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,502	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	108.51/cwt	105.00–109.75	1,443	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,188	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	37.42/cwt	31.00–41.00	429	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	727	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,168	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	596	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	49.58/cwt	45.00–55.00	643	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	52.97/cwt	50.00–60.00	812	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,324	97.86/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,296	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,015	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	518	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,480	101.94/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,509	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	108.94/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,558	57
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,533	87.12/cwt	85.50–88.50	1,336	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 Mar 12, 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
2	—	1,833	40.00–60.00	50.04
1	—	2,115	71.00	71.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,330	105.00–109.75	108.51
1	—	1,225	97.00	97.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,146	31.00–41.00	37.42
12	—	1,296	45.00–55.00	49.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	47.50	47.50
6	—	1,533	50.00–60.00	52.97
1	—	1,450	70.00	70.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	51.00	51.00
4	—	1,324	95.00–101.00	97.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	45.00	45.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	101.00–103.00	101.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,430	106.00–110.00	108.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,533	85.50–88.50	87.12

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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