Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. 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	—	Average	1,795	118.35	2,125	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,561	86.26	1,347	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	75.54	893	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	848	36.62	311	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,399	169.66	2,373	20
Heifers	Select	Average	855	150.00	1,283	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	136.00	1,455	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	168.69	2,626	91
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	148.49	1,953	20

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
Bulls	—	—	1,628	112.22/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,827	2
Bulls	—	—	1,907	122.44/cwt	120.00–124.00	2,335	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	80.33/cwt	73.00–85.00	942	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	525	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	86.26/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,347	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	36.62/cwt	30.00–42.00	311	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,055	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,070	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,455	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,780	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,812	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,556	169.61/cwt	162.00–172.50	2,639	86
Steers	Choice	—	1,520	151.56/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,304	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	148.49/cwt	131.00–157.00	1,953	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,417	171.43/cwt	163.00–172.50	2,429	19
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Receipts 158Last week 204Year ago 120

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	108.00–116.00	112.22
3	—	1,907	120.00–124.00	122.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,173	73.00–85.00	80.33
1	—	1,250	42.00	42.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,561	80.00–92.00	86.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	848	30.00–42.00	36.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	136.00	136.00
19	—	1,417	163.00–172.50	171.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	150.00	150.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	158.00	158.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,556	162.00–172.50	169.61
4	—	1,520	149.00–155.00	151.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,315	131.00–157.00	148.49

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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