Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, the slaughter cattle market was much lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 7.25 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were again lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,635	71.21	1,164	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	55.51	881	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	43.90	567	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	30.40	340	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,334	109.41	1,459	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,247	120.21	1,499	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	107.29	1,167	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	122.84	1,746	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	108.08	1,308	7thin

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	—	—	1,635	71.21/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,164	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	49.88/cwt	45.00–55.00	666	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	34.94/cwt	30.00–40.00	428	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	58.19/cwt	55.00–64.00	933	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	46.13/cwt	41.00–51.00	706	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	33.86/cwt	31.00–35.00	389	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	206	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	121.69/cwt	119.50–123.75	1,527	42
Heifers	Choice	—	1,182	107.82/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,274	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,088	107.29/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,167	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	108.08/cwt	105.50–110.00	1,308	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	123.46/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,765	71
Steers	Choice	—	1,302	113.99/cwt	110.50–117.00	1,484	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,309	108.33/cwt	107.00–110.75	1,418	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,761	1

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 16, 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	68.00–75.00	71.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,335	45.00–55.00	49.88
2	—	1,225	30.00–40.00	34.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,604	55.00–64.00	58.19
2	—	1,530	41.00–51.00	46.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	31.00–35.00	33.86
1	—	1,030	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,255	119.50–123.75	121.69
5	—	1,182	101.00–115.00	107.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	102.00–110.00	107.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,210	105.50–110.00	108.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,430	118.00–124.50	123.46
5	—	1,302	110.50–117.00	113.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,309	107.00–110.75	108.33
1	—	1,505	117.00	117.00

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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