Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were all 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,199	70.50	845	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	57.08	686	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,739	52.30	909	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	49.55	579	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,538	110.00	1,691	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,126	72.00	811	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,234	128.06	1,581	42
Heifers	Select	Low	992	68.93	684	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	130.69	1,835	73

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
Heifers	Select	—	800	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	340	1
Bulls	—	—	1,071	62.30/cwt	45.00–77.00	667	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,921	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	130.78/cwt	127.00–132.25	1,839	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	51.31/cwt	45.00–55.00	613	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	64.11/cwt	63.00–65.00	1,069	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,618	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	451	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,810	40.48/cwt	40.00–41.00	733	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	585	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,250	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,556	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	61.14/cwt	60.00–62.50	756	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,224	128.75/cwt	125.00–131.50	1,576	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,475	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,126	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	811	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,019	72.71/cwt	61.00–78.00	741	7
Bulls	—	—	1,518	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,381	2

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 Jul 8, 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
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	42.50	42.50
7	—	1,019	61.00–78.00	72.71
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,332	121.50	121.50
38	—	1,224	125.00–131.50	128.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,071	45.00–77.00	62.30
2	—	1,518	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,405	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	72.00	72.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,406	127.00–132.25	130.78
1	—	1,250	124.50	124.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,195	45.00–55.00	51.31
1	—	1,060	42.50	42.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	63.00–65.00	64.11
2	—	1,810	40.00–41.00	40.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	51.00	51.00
3	—	1,237	60.00–62.50	61.14

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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