Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady in a light test. 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	1,349	110.10	1,486	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,519	105.79	1,607	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	95.68	1,173	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,175	74.81	879	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	156.73	2,431	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	188.70	2,358	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	177.00	2,264	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,295	110.00	1,425	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	190.50	2,776	12

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	188.98/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,364	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,065	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	89.23/cwt	80.00–101.00	1,249	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,875	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,325	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	74.81/cwt	70.00–80.00	879	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	109.51/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,632	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,551	156.73/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,431	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	190.50/cwt	186.50–192.00	2,776	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	88.34/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,106	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,144	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	97.60/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,223	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,048	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,079	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	108.02/cwt	98.00–115.00	1,518	3
Bulls	—	—	1,718	123.87/cwt	119.00–130.00	2,128	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Sep 7, 2023

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

Receipts 110Last week 253Year ago 210

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,251	183.00–192.00	188.98
1	—	1,180	175.00	175.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	80.00–101.00	89.23
1	—	1,875	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,490	105.00–113.00	109.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	70.00–80.00	74.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	85.00–90.00	88.34
1	—	1,040	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,253	95.00–100.00	97.60
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,551	154.00–160.00	156.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,457	186.50–192.00	190.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	103.00	103.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	98.00–115.00	108.02
2	—	1,718	119.00–130.00	123.87

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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