Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 4.50 lower. No price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy steers and slaughter dairy heifers. Slaughter cows 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	1,565	85.00	1,330	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,668	59.49	992	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,646	83.21	1,370	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	44.78	577	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,405	30.00	422	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,010	25.33	256	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,387	88.48	1,227	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,567	95.00	1,489	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,261	102.36	1,291	57
Steers	Choice	Low	1,393	103.43	1,440	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	88.07	1,178	9thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	74	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	229	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	542	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,593	91.50/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,458	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	53.10/cwt	51.00–55.00	734	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,667	79.90/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,332	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	39.23/cwt	25.00–45.00	481	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	422	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,565	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,330	2
Bulls	—	—	2,110	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	52.65/cwt	40.00–61.00	800	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,387	88.48/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,227	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,461	95.31/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,392	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	103.93/cwt	100.00–106.75	1,439	83
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,755	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,650	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	88.07/cwt	75.00–97.50	1,178	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,567	95.00/cwt	94.75–95.50	1,489	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	103.25/cwt	98.50–105.25	1,305	54
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	86.42/cwt	75.00–95.00	1,041	3

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 Sep 3, 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
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	10.00	10.00
1	—	1,090	21.00	21.00
1	—	1,205	45.00	45.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	91.00–92.00	91.50
5	—	1,667	75.00–85.00	79.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	51.00–55.00	53.10
3	—	1,225	25.00–45.00	39.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	30.00	30.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	85.00	85.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,110	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,520	40.00–61.00	52.65
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,387	86.00–90.00	88.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	93.00–99.00	95.31
83	—	1,385	100.00–106.75	103.93
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	94.00	94.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	75.00–97.50	88.07
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,567	94.75–95.50	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,264	98.50–105.25	103.25
3	—	1,205	75.00–95.00	86.42

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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