Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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	1,494	60.92	910	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	61.08	960	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,507	52.78	795	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,243	32.67	406	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,292	111.19	1,437	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	100.27	1,226	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,400	112.19	1,571	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,169	100.28	1,172	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,063	92.00	978	3thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,169	100.28/cwt	91.00–107.50	1,172	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	60.93/cwt	55.00–65.50	957	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	553	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	24.34/cwt	22.00–27.00	277	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,156	100.31/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,160	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	97.97/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,225	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	38.19/cwt	35.00–41.00	526	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	111.69/cwt	108.50–114.50	1,445	53
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	112.51/cwt	108.50–114.50	1,586	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,524	54.73/cwt	50.00–58.00	834	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,609	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,119	1
Bulls	—	—	1,248	54.54/cwt	32.00–65.00	681	3
Bulls	—	—	1,863	70.48/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,313	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,063	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	978	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,223	100.27/cwt	87.00–107.00	1,226	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 Feb 25, 2021

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

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No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,169	91.00–107.50	100.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,156	96.00–108.00	100.31
81	—	1,410	108.50–114.50	112.51
2	—	1,375	117.00	117.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	92.00	92.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,570	55.00–65.50	60.93
1	—	1,645	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	41.00	41.00
2	—	1,138	22.00–27.00	24.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	35.00–41.00	38.19
15	—	1,524	50.00–58.00	54.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	95.00–102.00	97.97
53	—	1,294	108.50–114.50	111.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,223	87.00–107.00	100.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,248	32.00–65.00	54.54
2	—	1,863	70.00–71.00	70.48

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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