Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 6.00 higher. No price comparison to the light run of slaughter cows and slaughter bulls two weeks ago. 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	—	Average	2,127	87.68	1,865	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,562	69.80	1,090	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,415	54.56	772	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,292	38.77	501	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	114.69	1,616	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,200	72.50	870	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	142.63	1,933	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,073	120.49	1,293	7thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,520	144.54	2,197	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	125.00	1,406	1thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	2,125	84.60/cwt	81.00–92.00	1,798	4
Bulls	—	—	2,135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,135	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	61.71/cwt	55.00–72.00	878	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	45.27/cwt	25.00–51.00	636	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	61.66/cwt	60.00–63.00	966	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	70.72/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,092	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	142.63/cwt	139.50–145.00	1,933	13
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,200	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	870	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,443	136.13/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,964	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,205	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,521	145.22/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,209	86
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	137.36/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,315	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,083	121.24/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,313	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,409	114.69/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,616	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	33.69/cwt	32.00–35.00	390	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,352	41.03/cwt	40.00–45.00	555	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	76.94/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,015	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,177	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 Feb 10, 2022

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	—	2,125	81.00–92.00	84.60
1	—	2,135	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,422	55.00–72.00	61.71
10	—	1,405	25.00–51.00	45.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	60.00–63.00	61.66
11	—	1,544	65.00–75.00	70.72
2	—	1,650	76.00–78.00	76.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	32.00–35.00	33.69
9	—	1,352	40.00–45.00	41.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	125.00	125.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	134.50–138.00	136.13
3	—	1,480	149.00	149.00
86	—	1,521	140.00–147.00	145.22
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,685	136.00–140.00	137.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,355	139.50–145.00	142.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,083	119.00–123.00	121.24
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	72.50	72.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,409	112.00–115.00	114.69

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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