Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 4.50 higher, with heifers making the larger gain. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers and Boners selling 2.00 to 2.50 lower, and Leans posting a 1.75 higher price. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. 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	1,495	69.93	1,046	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,551	52.05	807	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	45.63	583	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	40.34	384	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,738	96.75	1,682	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	112.55	1,470	41
Heifers	Select	Average	893	77.06	688	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,402	113.61	1,592	31

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	801	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	442	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,264	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,365	4
Bulls	—	—	1,084	64.56/cwt	60.00–67.50	700	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	40.34/cwt	40.00–41.00	384	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	52.83/cwt	50.00–57.50	806	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	47.61/cwt	45.00–55.00	648	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	114.44/cwt	110.00–115.75	1,627	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	112.55/cwt	110.00–115.25	1,470	41
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,738	96.75/cwt	96.75–96.75	1,682	6
Heifers	Select	—	893	77.06/cwt	75.00–80.00	688	2
Bulls	—	—	1,804	73.95/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,334	4

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 Mar 18, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	45.00	45.00
9	—	1,526	50.00–57.50	52.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	41.00	41.00
7	—	1,362	45.00–55.00	47.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	951	40.00–41.00	40.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	108.00	108.00
27	—	1,422	110.00–115.75	114.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,084	60.00–67.50	64.56
4	—	1,804	70.00–81.00	73.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,306	110.00–115.25	112.55
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	75.00–80.00	77.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,738	96.75	96.75

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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