Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher with Boners gaining the most. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. 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	1,572	81.21	1,276	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,172	71.05	833	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	60.39	978	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	55.91	676	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	33.60	356	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	151.51	1,974	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	133.84	1,515	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	103.28	1,090	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,493	152.98	2,284	38
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	140.09	1,853	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,388	87.56	1,215	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,607	78.08/cwt	72.00–81.00	1,255	6
Bulls	—	—	1,360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,360	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	56.73/cwt	53.00–62.00	739	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	62.83/cwt	57.50–67.00	690	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	45.98/cwt	45.00–48.00	532	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	58.73/cwt	55.00–65.00	952	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,132	133.84/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,515	10
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,719	147.53/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,536	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	35.99/cwt	32.00–42.00	393	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	27.48/cwt	22.00–31.00	291	6
Steers	Select	—	1,388	87.56/cwt	71.00–100.00	1,215	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	140.09/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,853	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	153.43/cwt	149.00–157.50	2,027	37
Heifers	Select	—	1,055	103.28/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,090	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,172	71.05/cwt	70.00–72.00	833	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	142.63/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,737	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	136.80/cwt	132.00–142.00	2,031	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	155.86/cwt	153.00–159.50	2,282	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	885	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	496	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,163	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 Dec 8, 2022

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

Receipts 175Last week 225Year ago 214

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,607	72.00–81.00	78.08
1	—	1,360	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,302	53.00–62.00	56.73
6	—	1,098	57.50–67.00	62.83
5	—	1,156	45.00–48.00	45.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	55.00–65.00	58.73
1	—	1,615	72.00	72.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,091	32.00–42.00	35.99
6	—	1,058	22.00–31.00	27.48
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	70.00–72.00	71.05
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	56.00	56.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,132	125.00–143.00	133.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,321	149.00–157.50	153.43
8	—	1,218	131.00–145.00	142.63
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	100.00–105.00	103.28
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,719	143.00–149.00	147.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	71.00–100.00	87.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,323	130.00–145.00	140.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	132.00–142.00	136.80
30	—	1,464	153.00–159.50	155.86

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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