Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,777	72.00	1,279	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	61.81	824	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,573	61.39	966	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	42.49	477	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,226	126.60	1,552	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,098	113.13	1,242	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	130.30	1,843	128
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	115.27	1,450	10

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,098	113.13/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,242	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	42.49/cwt	40.00–45.00	477	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	130.89/cwt	128.00–133.25	1,861	115
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	115.27/cwt	106.00–125.00	1,450	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,347	125.11/cwt	121.00–126.50	1,685	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,196	121.72/cwt	104.00–123.50	1,456	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	127.79/cwt	125.00–131.50	1,574	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,880	52.87/cwt	51.00–55.00	994	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	64.80/cwt	61.00–70.00	940	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	955	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	61.00/cwt	55.00–65.00	806	7
Bulls	—	—	1,638	64.18/cwt	51.00–75.00	1,051	4
Bulls	—	—	1,962	82.43/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,617	3

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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Receipts 240Last week 160Year ago 200

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	111.00–117.00	113.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,196	104.00–123.50	121.72
1	—	1,305	132.00	132.00
53	—	1,232	125.00–131.50	127.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	40.00–45.00	42.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	51.00–55.00	52.87
5	—	1,450	61.00–70.00	64.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	67.50	67.50
7	—	1,321	55.00–65.00	61.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,422	128.00–133.25	130.89
13	—	1,347	121.00–126.50	125.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,258	106.00–125.00	115.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	51.00–75.00	64.18
3	—	1,962	81.00–85.00	82.43

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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