Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. No test to last week for dairy steers. Slaughter cows 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	96.67	1,523	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,455	88.14	1,283	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	69.73	675	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	152.95	2,360	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	181.98	2,342	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	175.96	2,664	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,406	153.49	2,158	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,186	134.47	1,595	6thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,178	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	91.40/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,323	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,695	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,202	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	70.97/cwt	70.00–72.00	706	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	587	1
Steers	Select	—	1,186	134.47/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,595	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,749	163.29/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,856	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,406	153.49/cwt	146.00–170.00	2,158	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,456	182.97/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,664	32
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	169.85/cwt	141.00–174.50	2,519	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	152.95/cwt	151.00–155.00	2,360	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	183.95/cwt	179.00–186.50	2,388	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	171.86/cwt	171.50–172.00	2,116	7

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 Oct 5, 2023

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

Receipts 148Last week 133Year ago 73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	80.00	80.00
5	—	1,448	87.00–95.00	91.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,335	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	70.00–72.00	70.97
1	—	890	66.00	66.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,186	131.00–141.00	134.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,749	150.00–167.00	163.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	146.00–170.00	153.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,456	175.00–186.00	182.97
16	—	1,483	141.00–174.50	169.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,543	151.00–155.00	152.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,298	179.00–186.50	183.95
7	—	1,231	171.50–172.00	171.86

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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