Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2023-09-14

Walnut Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Sep 14
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047
Receipts
194 head
84 vs last sale 110 21 vs year ago 215 · 9.8%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Mar 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower on a lessor kind. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,711116.912,00112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,300149.631,9465thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,704110.731,8879thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29995.631,24215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10878.118655thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,635160.002,6164thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,455143.002,0811thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,282183.192,34973
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,153159.841,8435thin
HeifersSelectAverage990130.001,2871thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,398182.952,55849
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,261165.232,08411
SteersSelectAverage1,305125.001,6311thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,168131.17/cwt127.00–135.002,8443
Bulls1,559112.16/cwt95.00–123.001,7499
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36999.75/cwt95.00–105.001,3669
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19389.46/cwt80.00–92.001,0676
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,625113.95/cwt110.00–117.001,8528
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,34085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,9891
HeifersSelect990130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2871
HeifersChoice1,252176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,2042
HeifersSelect and Choice1,153159.84/cwt140.00–174.501,8435
CowsLean 85-90%1,32379.27/cwt72.00–85.001,0492
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed92296.00/cwt96.00–96.008852
CowsLean 85-90%1,05040.00/cwt40.00–40.004201
SteersSelect1,305125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6311
Dairy SteersChoice1,635160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,6164
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,455143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0811
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,223132.33/cwt125.00–140.001,6182
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,352161.17/cwt160.00–164.002,1793
HeifersChoice1,283183.39/cwt179.50–188.502,35371
SteersSelect and Choice1,261165.23/cwt145.00–178.002,08411
SteersChoice1,407185.35/cwt182.00–188.002,60840
SteersChoice1,360172.26/cwt164.00–178.002,3439

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.