Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 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	1,434	68.28	979	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,331	119.49	1,590	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,448	63.20	915	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	60.00	620	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,585	130.00	2,061	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	105.67	1,394	7thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,292	154.34	1,994	20
Steers	Choice	Low	1,417	154.06	2,183	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,254	129.72	1,627	6thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	63.20/cwt	55.00–68.00	915	4
Bulls	—	—	1,148	59.42/cwt	55.00–62.00	682	4
Bulls	—	—	2,005	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,724	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,190	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	157.65/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,081	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	105.67/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,394	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,061	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,341	149.93/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,011	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,454	156.06/cwt	152.00–162.50	2,269	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,254	129.72/cwt	107.00–148.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,259	147.28/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,854	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,348	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,901	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,313	97.97/cwt	82.00–114.00	1,286	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,033	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	620	2

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 Nov 10, 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 5.00 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
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,448	55.00–68.00	63.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	141.00	141.00
2	—	1,313	82.00–114.00	97.97
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	55.00–62.00	59.42
2	—	2,005	85.00–87.00	86.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	164.00	164.00
12	—	1,320	155.00–160.00	157.65
7	—	1,259	142.00–150.00	147.28
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,319	104.00–108.00	105.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,341	145.00–151.00	149.93
31	—	1,454	152.00–162.50	156.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,254	107.00–148.00	129.72

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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