Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,870	106.87	1,998	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,510	124.00	1,872	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	109.01	1,703	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	98.12	1,325	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	71.33	776	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,342	172.71	2,318	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	144.30	1,587	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,449	173.31	2,512	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	139.54	1,619	4thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,870	106.87/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,998	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	98.12/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,325	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	108.02/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,823	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,454	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	77.00/cwt	76.00–78.00	901	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	178.77/cwt	178.50–179.00	2,369	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	144.30/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,130	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,482	179.63/cwt	179.50–180.00	2,662	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	139.54/cwt	132.00–156.00	1,619	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,439	171.30/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,465	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	172.65/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,317	28

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 79Last week 126Year ago 210

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate demand,

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	101.00–111.00	106.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	96.00–100.00	98.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	105.00–111.00	108.02
1	—	1,310	111.00	111.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,170	76.00–78.00	77.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	178.50–179.00	178.77
1	—	1,420	150.00	150.00
28	—	1,342	165.00–177.00	172.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	138.00–150.00	144.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,482	179.50–180.00	179.63
22	—	1,439	165.00–177.00	171.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	132.00–156.00	139.54

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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