Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 3.25 higher, with heifers making the larger gain. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,405	71.00	998	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,390	72.00	1,001	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	60.31	949	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	59.60	830	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,671	114.25	1,909	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	102.00	1,295	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,271	129.50	1,646	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	123.00	1,454	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,032	73.69	760	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	126.45	1,774	38
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	110.76	1,260	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	985	86.00	847	4thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	1,405	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	998	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	59.60/cwt	57.50–62.00	830	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	60.31/cwt	60.00–61.00	949	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,390	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,213	122.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,484	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,032	73.69/cwt	61.00–79.00	760	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	131.09/cwt	127.50–134.00	1,683	37
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,762	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	131.02/cwt	127.50–135.00	1,872	14
Steers	Select	—	985	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	847	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	110.76/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,260	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	123.78/cwt	122.00–125.50	1,718	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,671	114.25/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,909	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,295	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 Aug 26, 2021

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

Receipts 160Last week 175Year ago 150

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	57.50–62.00	59.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,573	60.00–61.00	60.31
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	115.00–125.00	122.35
37	—	1,284	127.50–134.00	131.09
1	—	1,305	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,032	61.00–79.00	73.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	123.00	123.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,429	127.50–135.00	131.02
24	—	1,388	122.00–125.50	123.78
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	86.00	86.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,138	105.00–116.00	110.76
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,671	113.00–120.00	114.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	102.00	102.00

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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