Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers, 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
Bulls	—	Low	914	72.50	662	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,438	100.00	1,438	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	56.33	813	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	46.71	584	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	35.72	369	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,506	93.43	1,407	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,292	105.70	1,365	98
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	104.92	1,546	81

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,506	93.43/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,407	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	106.23/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,377	93
Steers	Choice	—	1,476	105.08/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,551	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	51.39/cwt	48.00–55.50	645	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	56.33/cwt	54.00–61.00	813	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	35.72/cwt	32.00–40.00	369	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,438	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,438	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	855	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	822	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	617	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,212	95.80/cwt	81.00–100.00	1,161	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,198	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	37.34/cwt	35.00–40.00	462	2

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 220Last week 210Year ago 204

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,506	93.00–95.00	93.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,296	102.00–107.50	106.23
5	—	1,212	81.00–100.00	95.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,476	101.00–107.50	105.08
1	—	1,295	92.50	92.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,256	48.00–55.50	51.39
2	—	1,238	35.00–40.00	37.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,443	54.00–61.00	56.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,033	32.00–40.00	35.72
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	822	75.00	75.00

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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