Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to $1.00 higher. A light offering of slaughter cows sold higher $2.00, Slaughter bulls sold lower $5.00. Market was active with moderate demand for moderate offerings.

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	1,779	96.10	1,710	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	73.84	977	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,238	57.23	709	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,462	126.00	1,842	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,278	143.97	1,840	68
Steers	Choice	High	1,414	145.87	2,063	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,271	136.05	1,729	21

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,462	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,842	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,271	136.05/cwt	130.00–139.25	1,729	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,504	149.38/cwt	149.00–149.50	2,247	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	145.70/cwt	140.50–148.75	2,054	84
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	134.77/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,749	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	145.37/cwt	140.50–147.50	1,853	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	57.23/cwt	55.00–61.00	709	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	899	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	76.80/cwt	72.00–85.00	991	4
Bulls	—	—	1,665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,332	1
Bulls	—	—	1,817	101.47/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,844	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 Jul 21, 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
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,462	126.00	126.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,271	130.00–139.25	136.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,504	149.00–149.50	149.38
84	—	1,410	140.50–148.75	145.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,298	130.00–138.00	134.77
59	—	1,275	140.50–147.50	145.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	55.00–61.00	57.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	62.00	62.00
4	—	1,291	72.00–85.00	76.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,817	95.00–104.00	101.47

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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