Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.25 to 6.00 higher. No slaughter dairy steers two weeks ago for a price comparison. Slaughter cows 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,618	76.26	1,234	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,540	92.50	1,425	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,344	59.53	800	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	47.22	586	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	43.72	485	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	91.00	1,215	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,630	89.57	1,460	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	108.86	1,378	71
Steers	Choice	Low	1,387	108.36	1,503	103

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	108.95/cwt	104.00–110.25	1,378	70
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,363	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,215	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,265	102.52/cwt	100.50–104.50	1,297	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,757	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	108.87/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,515	95
Bulls	—	—	1,630	81.58/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,330	4
Bulls	—	—	1,570	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	864	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	587	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	52.86/cwt	50.00–58.00	680	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	504	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	104	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,540	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,425	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	43.72/cwt	41.00–50.00	485	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	63.54/cwt	62.50–65.00	877	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,512	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,436	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,648	88.75/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,463	20

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 20, 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
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,265	104.00–110.25	108.95
1	—	1,330	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	91.00	91.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,265	100.50–104.50	102.52
95	—	1,392	105.00–111.00	108.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,630	80.00–85.00	81.58
1	—	1,570	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	47.50	47.50
3	—	1,380	62.50–65.00	63.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,286	50.00–58.00	52.86
1	—	1,120	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,040	10.00	10.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	92.50	92.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	41.00–50.00	43.72
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	95.00	95.00
20	—	1,648	85.00–91.00	88.75

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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