Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 4.00 higher on a high quality set. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested, but a lower undertone noted. 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	—	Average	1,815	86.71	1,574	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,504	70.34	1,058	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,346	61.54	828	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,175	42.33	497	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,413	150.17	2,122	72
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	149.75	2,204	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	144.50	1,975	3thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,413	149.84/cwt	145.00–154.75	2,117	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	18.50/cwt	15.00–22.00	235	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	32.65/cwt	30.00–35.00	367	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	950	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,065	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	936	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	551	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,500	151.14/cwt	145.00–154.50	2,267	57
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,367	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,975	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,291	140.98/cwt	135.00–143.50	1,820	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,419	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	2,210	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	801	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	72.92/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,127	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	79.06/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,058	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	64.27/cwt	61.00–68.00	906	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	53.22/cwt	45.00–57.00	707	8
Bulls	—	—	1,815	86.71/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,574	5

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 180Last week 120Year ago 200

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,413	145.00–154.75	149.84
4	—	1,419	155.75	155.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	15.00–22.00	18.50
2	—	1,123	30.00–35.00	32.65
1	—	1,265	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,225	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,546	71.00–76.00	72.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	76.00–83.00	79.06
7	—	1,409	61.00–68.00	64.27
8	—	1,328	45.00–57.00	53.22
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,500	145.00–154.50	151.14
9	—	1,291	135.00–143.50	140.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	144.50	144.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,815	81.00–91.00	86.71

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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