Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls again were lightly tested, but 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	—	Low	1,434	106.38	1,525	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,644	104.09	1,711	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	82.90	1,041	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,260	65.00	819	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,745	136.00	2,373	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,371	168.63	2,311	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	137.50	1,629	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	945	112.37	1,062	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	169.00	2,519	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,289	150.88	1,945	7thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	170.81/cwt	166.00–173.75	2,540	49
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,289	150.88/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,945	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,798	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,785	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,629	1
Heifers	Select	—	945	112.37/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,533	146.37/cwt	135.00–158.00	2,244	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,362	169.80/cwt	165.00–171.50	2,313	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	819	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,745	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,373	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	153.90/cwt	140.00–163.00	2,130	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	96.42/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,519	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,873	110.32/cwt	110.00–111.00	2,066	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	104.32/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,689	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	82.90/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,041	7
Bulls	—	—	1,253	94.21/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,180	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	118.54/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,914	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 Mar 23, 2023

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

Receipts 156Last week 158Year ago 120

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls again were lightly tested, but a higher undertone noted. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,487	166.00–173.75	170.81
4	—	1,384	140.00–163.00	153.90
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,289	150.50–153.00	150.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,798	150.00–160.00	154.88
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	100.00–125.00	112.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	135.00–158.00	146.37
38	—	1,362	165.00–171.50	169.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	95.00–97.00	96.42
3	—	1,873	110.00–111.00	110.32
19	—	1,619	99.00–109.00	104.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,256	75.00–85.00	82.90
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	136.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	88.00–99.00	94.21
2	—	1,615	118.00–119.00	118.54

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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