Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breaker and Boners selling 4.00 to 6.00 higher and Leans 6.00 lower. No test for slaughter bulls to last weeks slim supply. 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	1,612	64.29	1,037	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,197	83.03	994	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	60.39	954	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	57.02	659	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,137	30.51	347	10
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,311	135.64	1,778	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,078	122.24	1,318	22
Heifers	Select	Average	945	71.30	674	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,571	129.72	2,038	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,162	117.88	1,370	17

Every lot, as filed

18 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	975	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	995	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,115	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	136.95/cwt	133.50–139.00	1,816	38
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,155	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	809	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,218	89.54/cwt	83.00–96.00	1,091	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	66	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	128.04/cwt	114.00–132.00	1,775	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	138.11/cwt	135.50–140.00	2,059	46
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,162	117.88/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,370	17
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,783	116.66/cwt	101.00–130.00	2,080	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,078	122.24/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,318	22
Heifers	Select	—	935	61.06/cwt	60.00–63.00	571	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	22.71/cwt	20.00–25.00	234	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	41.85/cwt	40.00–46.00	496	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	60.39/cwt	56.00–62.00	954	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	57.02/cwt	51.00–62.00	659	4
Bulls	—	—	1,461	49.18/cwt	38.00–55.00	719	6
Bulls	—	—	1,713	74.37/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,274	9

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 9, 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
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	119.00	119.00
38	—	1,326	133.50–139.00	136.95
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,078	117.00–130.00	122.24
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	935	60.00–63.00	61.06
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,218	83.00–96.00	89.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	5.00	5.00
4	—	1,031	20.00–25.00	22.71
5	—	1,185	40.00–46.00	41.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,580	56.00–62.00	60.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	51.00–62.00	57.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,386	114.00–132.00	128.04
46	—	1,491	135.50–140.00	138.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,162	113.00–124.00	117.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,783	101.00–130.00	116.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,461	38.00–55.00	49.18
9	—	1,713	70.00–83.00	74.37

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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