Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 lower. 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	1,560	80.00	1,248	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,630	73.04	1,191	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,335	73.67	984	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,364	60.21	821	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	53.84	658	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,234	31.09	384	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	107.21	1,359	62
Steers	Choice	Low	1,452	107.50	1,561	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	95.60	1,150	4thin

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	—	—	1,725	82.80/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,428	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,560	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,248	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	95.60/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	107.78/cwt	105.50–109.25	1,370	58
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,298	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,038	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	60.21/cwt	55.00–65.00	821	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	36.14/cwt	31.00–41.00	487	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	61.42/cwt	61.00–62.00	880	2
Bulls	—	—	1,567	66.53/cwt	50.00–73.00	1,043	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,214	98.98/cwt	91.00–102.50	1,202	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,410	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	860	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	211	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,512	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	865	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	368	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	107.74/cwt	103.50–109.75	1,563	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	53.42/cwt	50.00–60.00	650	9

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 150Last week 225Year ago 315

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 lower. 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	81.00–85.00	82.80
3	—	1,567	50.00–73.00	66.53
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	80.00	80.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	92.00–97.00	95.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	102.50	102.50
41	—	1,451	103.50–109.75	107.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,271	105.50–109.25	107.78
4	—	1,214	91.00–102.50	98.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,410	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	55.00–65.00	60.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	31.00–41.00	36.14
1	—	1,005	21.00	21.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	61.00–62.00	61.42
1	—	865	42.50	42.50
9	—	1,216	50.00–60.00	53.42

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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