Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull were lightly tested. 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	1,250	100.00	1,250	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	78.12	1,250	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	70.38	896	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	140.71	1,829	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	135.50	1,664	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,542	145.50	2,244	78
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	132.85	1,759	7thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,250	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	67.07/cwt	66.00–68.00	912	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	84.92/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,476	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,469	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	66.37/cwt	62.00–72.00	976	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,100	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	847	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,664	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,129	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,689	141.69/cwt	139.50–143.00	2,393	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,536	146.11/cwt	140.00–149.50	2,244	70
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	137.68/cwt	137.50–138.00	1,983	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,324	132.85/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,759	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	142.73/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,833	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,556	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 Apr 21, 2022

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

Receipts 175Last week 160Year ago 130

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	66.00–68.00	67.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,738	84.00–87.00	84.92
1	—	1,580	93.00	93.00
3	—	1,470	62.00–72.00	66.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	135.00–136.00	135.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,284	137.00–146.00	142.73
3	—	1,225	127.00	127.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,689	139.50–143.00	141.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,536	140.00–149.50	146.11
3	—	1,440	137.50–138.00	137.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,324	125.00–139.00	132.85

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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