Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.75 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,515	85.00	1,288	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,473	85.89	1,265	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,538	70.30	1,081	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	45.75	560	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,186	37.32	443	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,272	102.58	1,305	50
Steers	Choice	Low	1,430	103.44	1,479	133
Steers	Select	Average	998	74.84	747	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	1,337	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,270	3
Steers	Select	—	998	74.84/cwt	71.00–78.00	747	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	103.63/cwt	99.50–105.50	1,484	130
Heifers	Choice	—	1,278	102.90/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,315	48
Heifers	Choice	—	1,130	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,074	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	93.34/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,461	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	916	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,515	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	70.30/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,081	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	53.89/cwt	52.50–55.00	647	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	41.84/cwt	40.00–44.00	551	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	236	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	42.57/cwt	40.00–45.00	509	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	23.24/cwt	21.00–25.00	235	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,515	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	833	1

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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Receipts 210Last week 200Year ago 230

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.75 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	95.00	95.00
130	—	1,432	99.50–105.50	103.63
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	71.00–78.00	74.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,278	100.00–105.50	102.90
2	—	1,130	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	87.00–97.00	93.34
1	—	1,290	71.00	71.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	67.00–75.00	70.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,200	52.50–55.00	53.89
2	—	1,318	40.00–44.00	41.84
1	—	1,125	21.00	21.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	40.00–45.00	42.57
2	—	1,013	21.00–25.00	23.24
1	—	1,515	55.00	55.00

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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