Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls had no real price comparison to last weeks light supply. 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	2,365	95.00	2,247	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	98.74	1,525	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	79.34	1,013	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	47.99	495	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	151.29	2,269	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,437	170.70	2,453	44
Steers	Choice	Average	1,549	172.73	2,676	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	155.00	1,635	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	2,365	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,247	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	77.86/cwt	72.00–85.00	979	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	90.98/cwt	86.00–100.00	1,274	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	68.59/cwt	66.00–70.00	899	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	106.36/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,622	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	176.26/cwt	171.00–178.50	2,387	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,540	175.94/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,709	45
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	162.31/cwt	148.00–168.00	2,420	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,769	157.47/cwt	156.00–159.00	2,786	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,055	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,635	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	151.29/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,269	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	990	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	52.32/cwt	50.00–55.00	568	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	306	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	91.02/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,427	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,596	155.44/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,481	7
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,845	151.50/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,795	4

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 Apr 20, 2023

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

Receipts 163Last week 114Year ago 175

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,365	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,257	72.00–85.00	77.86
3	—	1,400	86.00–100.00	90.98
3	—	1,310	66.00–70.00	68.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,525	100.00–113.00	106.36
1	—	1,455	115.00	115.00
11	—	1,568	85.00–96.00	91.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	50.00–55.00	52.32
1	—	875	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,354	171.00–178.50	176.26
7	—	1,596	155.00–156.00	155.44
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,845	150.00–154.00	151.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,540	170.00–178.00	175.94
8	—	1,491	148.00–168.00	162.31
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,769	156.00–159.00	157.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,500	145.00–153.00	151.29

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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