Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.25 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.75 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows and 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,330	96.00	1,277	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	2,055	71.00	1,459	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,361	105.65	1,438	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	64.02	988	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	43.50	489	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,505	110.00	1,656	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,591	113.15	1,800	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,297	124.81	1,619	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,167	109.01	1,272	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	126.23	1,758	130
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	105.00	1,223	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,178	71.48	842	2thin

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
Bullocks	—	—	1,330	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,277	1
Steers	Select	—	1,178	71.48/cwt	71.00–72.00	842	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,656	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,591	113.15/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,800	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,167	109.01/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,272	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,942	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,686	1
Bulls	—	—	2,055	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,459	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	113.72/cwt	107.00–121.00	1,460	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	121.03/cwt	116.50–121.50	1,628	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	57.62/cwt	55.00–60.00	860	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	70.41/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,122	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	43.50/cwt	40.00–45.00	489	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,313	103.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,359	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,165	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,223	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	126.46/cwt	122.00–128.75	1,643	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	126.85/cwt	122.00–128.75	1,768	118

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 Aug 5, 2021

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

Receipts 260Last week 100Year ago 210

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	96.00	96.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	71.00–72.00	71.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	110.00	110.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,345	116.50–121.50	121.03
118	—	1,394	122.00–128.75	126.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	105.00	105.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,591	110.00–115.00	113.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,167	100.00–120.00	109.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,284	107.00–121.00	113.72
67	—	1,299	122.00–128.75	126.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	112.00	112.00
3	—	1,313	100.00–105.00	103.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	55.00–60.00	57.62
2	—	1,593	70.00–71.00	70.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	40.00–45.00	43.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,055	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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