Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks due to the holidays and this reporters absence last week. Trade was active with soft to 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,385	53.09	735	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,610	71.00	1,143	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,537	49.07	754	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	47.88	593	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	25.55	256	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,599	93.60	1,496	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	108.26	1,419	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	102.50	1,251	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	108.91	1,676	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	98.00	1,225	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,185	46.33/cwt	45.00–52.00	549	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	47.88/cwt	42.00–52.50	593	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,545	109.72/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,695	55
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,251	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,562	91.96/cwt	87.00–93.50	1,436	5
Bulls	—	—	1,885	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,320	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	668	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,635	95.25/cwt	95.25–95.25	1,557	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,930	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,583	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	108.26/cwt	103.50–109.75	1,419	46
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,610	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,143	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	35.60/cwt	31.00–40.00	378	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	50.68/cwt	45.00–55.00	769	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	77	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,287	103.06/cwt	101.00–104.25	1,326	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	234	1

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 Jan 7, 2021

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

Receipts 170Last week 120Year ago 0

No price comparisons to the last two weeks due to the holidays and this reporters absence last week. Trade was active with soft to moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	45.00–52.00	46.33
2	—	1,885	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,238	42.00–52.50	47.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	41.00	41.00
5	—	1,518	45.00–55.00	50.68
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	71.00	71.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	31.00–40.00	35.60
1	—	770	10.00	10.00
1	—	1,115	21.00	21.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,545	107.00–112.00	109.72
3	—	1,287	101.00–104.25	103.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	98.00	98.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,311	103.50–109.75	108.26
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,562	87.00–93.50	91.96
5	—	1,635	95.25	95.25

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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