Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were lightly tested,

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	1,489	111.67	1,662	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,577	102.13	1,611	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	90.40	1,168	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,172	59.04	692	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,420	151.00	2,144	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,035	115.00	1,190	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,289	183.65	2,368	60
Steers	Choice	Low	1,419	183.58	2,606	40
Steers	Select	Average	1,004	178.42	1,791	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	168.62	2,411	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,560	142.00	2,215	1thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Choice	—	1,228	172.95/cwt	172.50–175.00	2,124	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	184.62/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,391	55
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	168.62/cwt	158.00–178.00	2,411	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	998	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,856	11
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,035	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,190	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,144	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	42.45/cwt	40.00–47.00	427	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	71.49/cwt	65.00–75.00	926	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	171.57/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,287	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,424	184.21/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,623	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,757	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	84.42/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,037	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,375	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	92.07/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,209	5
Bulls	—	—	1,295	104.71/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,356	3
Bulls	—	—	1,682	118.62/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,995	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	105.92/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,738	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	95.13/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,478	5
Steers	Select	—	1,065	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,012	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,215	1

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 Sep 21, 2023

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

Receipts 159Last week 194Year ago 250

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were lightly tested,

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,228	172.50–175.00	172.95
55	—	1,295	178.00–188.00	184.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,430	158.00–178.00	168.62
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	998	186.00	186.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	169.00–174.00	171.57
38	—	1,424	180.00–189.00	184.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	95.00	95.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	151.00	151.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	40.00–47.00	42.45
4	—	1,295	65.00–75.00	71.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	122.00	122.00
4	—	1,641	101.00–111.00	105.92
5	—	1,554	90.00–99.00	95.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	83.00–85.00	84.42
1	—	1,375	100.00	100.00
5	—	1,313	90.00–95.00	92.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	100.00–111.00	104.71
3	—	1,682	115.00–120.00	118.62

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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