Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.25 to 6.50 higher. No price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows were lightly tested. 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,642	56.03	920	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	49.71	636	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	37.20	382	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	93.88	1,456	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	82.00	1,033	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,229	109.32	1,344	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	112.82	1,681	125

Every lot, as filed

7 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%	—	1,028	37.20/cwt	31.00–41.00	382	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	56.03/cwt	54.00–59.00	920	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	49.71/cwt	44.00–52.00	636	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	112.82/cwt	108.00–114.25	1,681	125
Heifers	Choice	—	1,229	109.32/cwt	107.00–110.50	1,344	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,033	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,551	93.88/cwt	93.25–96.00	1,456	10

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Jan 28, 2021

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

Receipts 180Last week 235Year ago 260

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	31.00–41.00	37.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	54.00–59.00	56.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	44.00–52.00	49.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,490	108.00–114.25	112.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,229	107.00–110.50	109.32
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	82.00	82.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,551	93.25–96.00	93.88

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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