Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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	—	Low	1,735	94.50	1,640	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	84.99	1,316	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,492	73.64	1,099	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,250	49.00	613	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	129.00	1,941	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	145.57	1,817	80
Heifers	Select	Average	1,038	89.48	929	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	148.54	2,085	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	137.65	1,776	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	114.91	1,218	14

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,610	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,433	1
Steers	Select	—	1,118	112.71/cwt	91.00–118.00	1,260	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	118.86/cwt	116.00–130.00	1,135	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	149.72/cwt	145.00–152.25	2,128	52
Heifers	Choice	—	1,262	146.86/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,853	71
Heifers	Select	—	1,038	89.48/cwt	89.00–90.00	929	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	960	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,161	138.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,609	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,941	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,314	141.95/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,865	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,150	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	137.65/cwt	125.00–142.50	1,776	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	84.99/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,316	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	63.46/cwt	62.00–65.00	942	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,497	80.43/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,204	3
Bulls	—	—	1,860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,860	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 Sep 15, 2022

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

Receipts 215Last week 210Year ago 185

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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
1	—	1,610	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,860	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	91.00–118.00	112.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	116.00–130.00	118.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,421	145.00–152.25	149.72
10	—	1,314	140.00–143.00	141.95
1	—	1,405	153.00	153.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,290	125.00–142.50	137.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,262	142.00–150.00	146.86
8	—	1,161	130.00–140.00	138.61
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	89.00–90.00	89.48
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	129.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	49.00	49.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	80.00–89.00	84.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	62.00–65.00	63.46
3	—	1,497	77.00–84.00	80.43

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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