Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers slightly higher, Boners 2.00 lower, and Leans 14.00 lower. No test to last week for bulls. 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	1,644	76.13	1,251	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,405	118.50	1,665	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	73.06	1,101	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	61.46	805	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,209	38.58	466	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	141.18	2,178	12
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,351	156.27	2,111	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	141.11	1,679	10
Steers	Choice	Low	1,515	158.93	2,408	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,330	140.56	1,869	5thin

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	—	—	1,973	91.34/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,802	2
Bulls	—	—	1,424	65.99/cwt	65.00–67.00	940	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	52.94/cwt	40.00–59.00	689	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	64.61/cwt	61.00–72.00	853	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,041	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	77.89/cwt	73.00–81.00	1,180	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,309	145.25/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,901	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,190	141.11/cwt	123.00–149.00	1,679	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,531	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	62.74/cwt	59.00–68.00	903	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	147.03/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,945	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	141.18/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,178	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	30.32/cwt	30.00–31.00	346	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	157.65/cwt	152.00–163.50	2,138	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	39.23/cwt	35.00–45.00	483	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	609	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,522	159.35/cwt	152.50–163.00	2,425	57
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,330	140.56/cwt	120.00–152.00	1,869	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,335	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,402	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,947	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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Receipts 210Last week 175Year ago 265

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,973	87.00–95.00	91.34
3	—	1,424	65.00–67.00	65.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,302	40.00–59.00	52.94
14	—	1,321	61.00–72.00	64.61
2	—	1,270	82.00	82.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,515	73.00–81.00	77.89
1	—	1,780	86.00	86.00
5	—	1,440	59.00–68.00	62.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	30.00–31.00	30.32
6	—	1,231	35.00–45.00	39.23
2	—	1,243	49.00	49.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,475	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,309	135.00–149.00	145.25
48	—	1,356	152.00–163.50	157.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,190	123.00–149.00	141.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	145.00–149.00	147.03
57	—	1,522	152.50–163.00	159.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	120.00–152.00	140.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,543	140.00–145.00	141.18

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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