Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 6.00 higher, and Leans 13.00 higher in a light test. No test to last week for bulls. 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	1,674	132.86	2,224	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,490	152.42	2,270	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,557	123.43	1,922	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,307	114.63	1,498	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	105.58	1,328	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,374	181.29	2,490	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,555	182.27	2,835	28
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	165.00	2,384	1thin
Steers	Standard	Low	1,043	119.05	1,242	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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	112.82/cwt	104.00–121.00	1,742	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	126.52/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,960	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,466	154.39/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,263	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,560	146.53/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,286	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	105.58/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,328	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,560	182.84/cwt	176.00–186.50	2,852	27
Steers	Standard	—	1,043	119.05/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,242	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,384	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,388	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,365	171.39/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,339	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	182.78/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,513	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	104.18/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,345	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,649	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	117.58/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,540	11
Bulls	—	—	1,198	120.84/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,448	2
Bulls	—	—	2,020	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,929	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	135.83/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,479	4

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 113Last week 173Year ago 204

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	104.00–121.00	112.82
1	—	1,695	135.00	135.00
10	—	1,549	122.00–133.00	126.52
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,466	150.00–160.00	154.39
2	—	1,560	145.00–148.00	146.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	105.00–106.00	105.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	100.00–109.00	104.18
1	—	1,330	124.00	124.00
11	—	1,310	112.00–121.00	117.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,560	176.00–186.50	182.84
1	—	1,430	167.00	167.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	115.00–123.00	119.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	168.00–173.00	171.39
20	—	1,375	176.00–185.00	182.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	119.00–122.00	120.84
1	—	2,020	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,825	127.00–139.00	135.83

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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