Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.25 to 5.75 lower. No test for slaughter dairy steers and slaughter bulls to two weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold 3.50 to 4.00 lower. Trade was active with soft to 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	1,355	88.00	1,192	1thin
Bulls	—	High	1,598	81.29	1,299	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	59.18	916	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,279	46.85	599	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,007	27.53	277	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,566	83.74	1,311	10
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,252	98.19	1,229	60
Steers	Choice	Low	1,369	98.60	1,350	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,128	84.78	956	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	68.00	704	1thin

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	90.49/cwt	83.00–93.50	1,225	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	99.45/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,363	67
Steers	Select	—	1,035	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	704	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	84.78/cwt	82.00–86.00	956	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,580	82.66/cwt	82.50–83.00	1,306	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,440	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,346	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	59.18/cwt	56.00–63.00	916	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	133	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	264	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	35.06/cwt	30.00–41.00	366	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	246	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	861	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	50.03/cwt	45.00–55.00	637	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,213	93.79/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,138	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	99.66/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,261	45
Bullocks	—	—	1,355	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,192	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,887	1
Bulls	—	—	1,053	62.23/cwt	50.00–75.00	655	2
Bulls	—	—	1,657	82.94/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,374	13

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 Jun 25, 2020

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

Receipts 199Last week 100Year ago 289

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,354	83.00–93.50	90.49
67	—	1,371	96.00–102.00	99.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	68.00	68.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	82.00–86.00	84.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,580	82.50–83.00	82.66
1	—	1,440	93.50	93.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,548	56.00–63.00	59.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	15.00	15.00
1	—	1,055	25.00	25.00
2	—	1,043	30.00–41.00	35.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	22.00	22.00
1	—	1,460	59.00	59.00
4	—	1,273	45.00–55.00	50.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,213	90.00–95.50	93.79
45	—	1,265	96.00–102.50	99.66
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	88.00	88.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,053	50.00–75.00	62.23
13	—	1,657	80.00–87.50	82.94

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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