Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons for the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light offering.

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	—	High	2,167	121.51	2,633	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,498	125.76	1,884	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,542	108.05	1,666	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	96.53	1,288	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	77.53	896	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,347	168.87	2,274	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	174.98	2,678	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	158.56	1,979	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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%	—	1,403	95.03/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,333	6
Bulls	—	—	2,330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	3,029	1
Bulls	—	—	2,112	118.68/cwt	116.00–122.00	2,507	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,533	174.75/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,679	26
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,248	158.56/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,979	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	97.61/cwt	83.00–103.00	1,399	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,020	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	103.37/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,282	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	181.51/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,732	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	159.01/cwt	146.00–167.50	2,150	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	173.95/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,338	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	76.83/cwt	72.00–83.00	870	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	113.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,825	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,498	125.76/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,884	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	302	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	94.31/cwt	86.00–106.00	1,165	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,545	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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 126Last week 135Year ago 175

No price comparisons for the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on a light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	87.00–98.00	95.03
1	—	1,200	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,240	101.00–105.00	103.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,433	83.00–103.00	97.61
9	—	1,603	110.00–116.00	113.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,133	72.00–83.00	76.83
1	—	1,005	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,235	86.00–106.00	94.31
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	121.00–131.00	125.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,330	130.00	130.00
3	—	2,112	116.00–122.00	118.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,533	170.00–180.00	174.75
2	—	1,505	181.00–182.00	181.51
1	—	1,515	168.00	168.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,248	149.00–164.00	158.56
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,352	146.00–167.50	159.01
33	—	1,344	169.00–179.00	173.95

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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