Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 5.00 lower and Boners and Leans 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Trade was active with 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	—	Low	1,477	97.59	1,441	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,659	114.22	1,895	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	109.83	1,349	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	95.97	1,052	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,619	155.55	2,518	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,458	139.28	2,031	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,395	181.70	2,535	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	159.95	2,052	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,474	180.07	2,654	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	169.00	2,227	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	153.31/cwt	146.00–160.00	2,223	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,755	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,089	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,469	181.32/cwt	177.00–188.50	2,664	46
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,227	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	159.95/cwt	145.00–171.00	2,052	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,179	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	182.15/cwt	177.00–187.00	2,559	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	543	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,458	139.28/cwt	136.00–144.00	2,031	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,619	155.55/cwt	148.00–159.00	2,518	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	105.86/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,217	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	93.71/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,044	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	115.96/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,937	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	105.53/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,694	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	109.83/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,349	15
Bulls	—	—	1,477	97.59/cwt	88.00–106.00	1,441	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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 126Last week 226Year ago 173

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	146.00–160.00	153.31
46	—	1,469	177.00–188.50	181.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	176.00	176.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	145.00–171.00	159.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	175.00	175.00
15	—	1,405	177.00–187.00	182.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,150	100.00–110.00	105.86
6	—	1,114	89.00–97.00	93.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,670	111.00–121.00	115.96
2	—	1,605	105.00–106.00	105.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,228	105.00–114.00	109.83
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,458	136.00–144.00	139.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,619	148.00–159.00	155.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	88.00–106.00	97.59

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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