Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were lightly tested, however a much higher undertone on the heavy Breakers and lower on the Boners and Leans. No test to the single slaughter bull last week. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,912	139.46	2,667	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,400	142.00	1,988	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	121.21	1,775	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	94.97	1,275	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	90.91	955	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,612	157.59	2,540	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,433	175.51	2,515	61
Heifers	Select	Average	1,230	134.62	1,656	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	177.57	2,754	108
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	163.16	1,995	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,113	120.00	1,336	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,918	137.33/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,634	4
Bulls	—	—	1,890	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,797	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	97.00/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,309	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	88.88/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,176	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	121.21/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,775	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,065	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,448	1
Steers	Select	—	1,113	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,336	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,223	163.16/cwt	146.00–169.00	1,995	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,552	177.72/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,758	101
Steers	Choice	—	1,576	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	2,888	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	155.84/cwt	145.00–168.00	2,241	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,612	157.59/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,540	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	75.88/cwt	74.00–77.00	793	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,183	126.78/cwt	110.00–134.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,420	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,357	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,432	175.88/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,519	58
Heifers	Choice	—	1,452	168.26/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,443	3

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 Feb 8, 2024

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

Receipts 226Last week 203Year ago 136

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,918	134.00–144.00	137.33
1	—	1,890	148.00	148.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,349	93.00–103.00	97.00
2	—	1,323	88.00–90.00	88.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	117.00–125.00	121.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	136.00	136.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	74.00–77.00	75.88
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	142.00	142.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	120.00	120.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,223	146.00–169.00	163.16
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,552	170.00–181.00	177.72
5	—	1,576	183.25	183.25
2	—	1,438	145.00–168.00	155.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,612	153.00–163.00	157.59
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,183	110.00–134.00	126.78
1	—	1,420	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,432	170.00–180.00	175.88
3	—	1,452	167.00–169.00	168.26

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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