Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower, with Leans taking the larger loss. Trade was active with moderate to very 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	1,870	115.00	2,151	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	112.01	1,840	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	94.91	1,222	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,134	88.53	1,004	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,321	187.06	2,470	94
Steers	Choice	Average	1,398	188.28	2,632	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	167.00	2,234	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	—	1,870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,151	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	102.39/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,297	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	799	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	111.01/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,774	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	121.04/cwt	119.00–123.00	2,227	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,832	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	88.53/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,004	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	187.58/cwt	180.00–191.50	2,478	90
Heifers	Choice	—	1,313	175.43/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,303	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	188.58/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,640	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,335	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,390	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	167.00/cwt	155.00–181.00	2,234	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 Jun 8, 2023

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

Receipts 166Last week 133Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	115.00	115.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	99.00–105.00	102.39
1	—	1,390	57.50	57.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,598	107.00–117.00	111.01
2	—	1,840	119.00–123.00	121.04
1	—	1,745	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	80.00–94.00	88.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,321	180.00–191.50	187.58
4	—	1,313	173.00–177.00	175.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,400	180.00–191.00	188.58
1	—	1,335	179.00	179.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	155.00–181.00	167.00

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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