Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows were lightly tested, but a higher undertone noted. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested as well. 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
Bullocks	—	High	1,510	94.00	1,419	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,415	64.00	906	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,579	74.57	1,177	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,754	62.60	1,098	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,306	56.02	732	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,262	51.85	654	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,500	95.75	1,436	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,592	94.34	1,502	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	106.04	1,374	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	98.03	1,103	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	843	114.45	965	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	104.98	1,549	130

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	—	—	1,505	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,159	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	843	114.45/cwt	110.00–120.00	965	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	98.03/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,103	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,500	95.75/cwt	95.75–95.75	1,436	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,766	63.52/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,122	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	51.85/cwt	49.00–56.00	654	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	105.59/cwt	101.50–108.00	1,555	121
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,738	96.18/cwt	93.50–102.00	1,672	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	106.04/cwt	101.50–107.75	1,374	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	56.02/cwt	53.00–59.00	732	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,510	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,419	1
Bulls	—	—	1,325	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	676	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	983	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,332	97.37/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,297	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,579	74.57/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,177	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,592	94.34/cwt	94.00–94.50	1,502	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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Receipts 210Last week 216Year ago 250

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,325	51.00	51.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	110.00–120.00	114.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,473	101.50–108.00	105.59
5	—	1,332	93.00–101.00	97.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,738	93.50–102.00	96.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	94.00–100.00	98.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,296	101.50–107.75	106.04
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	95.75	95.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,766	60.00–69.00	63.52
1	—	1,695	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	49.00–56.00	51.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,306	53.00–59.00	56.02
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,579	72.00–80.00	74.57
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	94.00	94.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	94.00–94.50	94.34

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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