Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. No price comparison for slaughter cows and bulls light run last week. 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	1,788	94.07	1,682	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,410	130.00	1,833	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	85.73	1,295	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	71.92	899	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	44.09	476	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	151.72	1,978	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	124.34	1,417	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	153.31	2,215	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	127.78	1,634	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,100	117.86	1,296	6thin

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	—	—	1,888	101.20/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,911	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	86.93/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,467	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	73.66/cwt	71.00–79.00	904	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,021	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	64.42/cwt	62.00–66.00	842	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	85.73/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,295	4
Steers	Select	—	1,055	108.72/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,147	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	127.78/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,634	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	154.07/cwt	148.00–155.75	2,245	57
Steers	Choice	—	1,273	142.53/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,814	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	65.34/cwt	63.00–67.50	799	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	37.00/cwt	31.00–53.00	382	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	152.40/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,992	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	140.61/cwt	132.00–146.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,140	124.34/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,417	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,145	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,454	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 Sep 29, 2022

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. No price comparison for slaughter cows and bulls light run last week. 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	—	1,888	98.00–105.00	101.20
2	—	1,688	80.00–93.00	86.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	71.00–79.00	73.66
1	—	1,215	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,307	62.00–66.00	64.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,511	80.00–88.00	85.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	63.00–67.50	65.34
6	—	1,033	31.00–53.00	37.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	130.00	130.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	105.00–111.00	108.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,279	124.00–131.00	127.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,457	148.00–155.75	154.07
4	—	1,273	140.00–146.00	142.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,307	149.00–155.00	152.40
3	—	1,250	132.00–146.00	140.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,140	120.00–130.00	124.34

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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