Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold .50 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade and demand were moderate.

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	2,030	61.50	1,248	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,465	71.00	1,040	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	52.48	802	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,463	46.69	683	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,245	32.90	410	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,305	100.57	1,312	52
Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	102.52	1,496	51

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	96.22/cwt	92.00–97.50	1,283	21
Bulls	—	—	1,930	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	1,119	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,465	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,040	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	32.90/cwt	31.00–35.00	410	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	55.94/cwt	51.50–58.00	889	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	46.69/cwt	42.00–51.50	683	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,745	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,605	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	103.87/cwt	99.00–105.25	1,530	44
Heifers	Choice	—	1,286	103.52/cwt	100.25–104.50	1,331	31
Bulls	—	—	2,130	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,385	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	45.56/cwt	45.00–46.00	640	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	94.40/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,237	6

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 Nov 5, 2020

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

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Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold .50 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade and demand were moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,333	92.00–97.50	96.22
31	—	1,286	100.25–104.50	103.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	58.00	58.00
1	—	2,130	65.00	65.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	71.00	71.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	31.00–35.00	32.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,590	51.50–58.00	55.94
2	—	1,405	45.00–46.00	45.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	42.00–51.50	46.69
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,473	99.00–105.25	103.87
6	—	1,310	91.00–97.00	94.40

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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