Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers selling 10.50 higher and Boners 2.75 lower. Light test on the Leans. Slaughter bulls 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,920	93.02	1,786	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,504	73.06	1,099	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	56.59	665	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	44.47	472	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,234	126.53	1,561	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	118.74	1,404	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	126.52	1,788	120

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Bulls	—	—	1,920	93.02/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,786	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	118.74/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,404	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	126.53/cwt	124.50–127.00	1,561	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	126.74/cwt	121.00–127.75	1,795	116
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	58.49/cwt	55.00–65.00	711	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	51.70/cwt	51.00–52.50	548	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	320	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	909	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	497	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	272	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	74.78/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,126	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	910	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	646	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	67.45/cwt	67.00–68.00	825	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,601	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 Jul 15, 2021

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

Receipts 205Last week 185Year ago 225

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,920	91.00–95.00	93.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,182	117.50–120.00	118.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,234	124.50–127.00	126.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,416	121.00–127.75	126.74
4	—	1,334	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	55.00–65.00	58.49
1	—	1,105	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,210	22.50	22.50
2	—	1,223	67.00–68.00	67.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	51.00–52.50	51.70
1	—	1,065	30.00	30.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	61.00	61.00
7	—	1,506	71.00–77.00	74.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	71.00	71.00

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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