Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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
Bulls	—	Average	2,223	77.10	1,714	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,325	70.00	928	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	64.28	939	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	56.41	740	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,400	100.00	1,400	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	105.60	1,539	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	122.45	1,514	42
Steers	Choice	Average	1,354	122.54	1,659	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	100.08	1,186	2thin

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%	—	1,470	64.99/cwt	62.00–68.00	955	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	56.41/cwt	51.00–61.00	740	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	122.89/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,664	78
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	122.88/cwt	118.00–123.75	1,521	41
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	100.08/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,186	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,457	105.60/cwt	103.50–108.00	1,539	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,400	1
Bulls	—	—	2,223	77.10/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,714	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	734	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	108.99/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,165	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,223	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,325	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	928	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 Jun 17, 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 good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,470	62.00–68.00	64.99
1	—	1,335	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	51.00–61.00	56.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	70.00	70.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,354	119.00–124.50	122.89
2	—	1,350	105.00–113.00	108.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	95.00–105.00	100.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,238	118.00–123.75	122.88
1	—	1,165	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	103.50–108.00	105.60
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,223	75.00–80.00	77.10

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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