Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to this reporters absent, there is no price comparisons to the past two weeks. 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	—	Average	1,777	74.40	1,322	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	54.53	880	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	47.81	583	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	40.26	444	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	134.28	1,722	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,063	120.80	1,284	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	949	73.22	695	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	138.04	2,004	65
Steers	Select	Average	1,136	87.93	999	9thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	53.16/cwt	50.00–60.00	640	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	40.34/cwt	31.00–46.00	496	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	54.53/cwt	51.00–61.00	880	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	120.80/cwt	102.00–125.00	1,284	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,688	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,279	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	30.18/cwt	23.00–40.00	336	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	118	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	126.94/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,679	3
Steers	Select	—	1,136	87.93/cwt	87.00–89.00	999	9
Heifers	Select	—	978	80.86/cwt	64.00–87.00	791	5
Heifers	Select	—	805	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	282	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	137.04/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,786	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,228	127.01/cwt	125.00–132.50	1,560	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,452	138.62/cwt	134.00–140.50	2,013	59
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,959	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	995	60.86/cwt	60.00–62.00	606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	48.56/cwt	42.50–51.00	560	9
Bulls	—	—	1,880	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,560	2
Bulls	—	—	1,673	65.79/cwt	55.00–75.00	1,101	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 Dec 2, 2021

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

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Due to this reporters absent, there is no price comparisons to the past two weeks. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,204	50.00–60.00	53.16
1	—	1,280	68.00	68.00
12	—	1,230	31.00–46.00	40.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,614	51.00–61.00	54.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,112	23.00–40.00	30.18
1	—	785	15.00	15.00
9	—	1,153	42.50–51.00	48.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	60.00–62.00	60.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,063	102.00–125.00	120.80
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	978	64.00–87.00	80.86
1	—	805	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,303	133.00–140.50	137.04
11	—	1,228	125.00–132.50	127.01
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	135.00	135.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	122.00–133.00	126.94
59	—	1,452	134.00–140.50	138.62
1	—	1,370	143.00	143.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,136	87.00–89.00	87.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,673	55.00–75.00	65.79

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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