Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were again lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,796	94.99	1,706	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,450	135.00	1,958	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,795	82.35	1,478	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	63.47	808	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	44.02	454	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,315	145.89	1,918	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	149.52	2,189	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	134.50	1,675	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,142	82.50	942	3thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	2,090	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,735	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	61.71/cwt	57.00–66.00	765	4
Bulls	—	—	1,713	94.24/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,614	4
Bulls	—	—	1,835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,019	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,226	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	610	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,675	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,142	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	942	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	39.54/cwt	35.00–45.00	436	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	752	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	244	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,958	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	82.35/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,478	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,315	145.89/cwt	141.50–149.75	1,918	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	150.27/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,212	66
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	142.49/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,975	7

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 Oct 20, 2022

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

Receipts 120Last week 245Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were again lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	83.00	83.00
4	—	1,713	88.00–99.00	94.24
1	—	1,835	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	57.00–66.00	61.71
1	—	1,460	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,220	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	35.00–45.00	39.54
1	—	1,175	64.00	64.00
1	—	740	33.00	33.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	135.00	135.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	75.00–89.00	82.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	134.50	134.50
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	82.50	82.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,472	145.00–152.00	150.27
7	—	1,386	137.00–143.50	142.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,315	141.50–149.75	145.89

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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