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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested to last weeks light supply. 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	—	High	2,072	150.20	3,112	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,328	154.89	2,057	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,734	134.88	2,339	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	114.00	1,492	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	105.00	1,145	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,525	120.10	1,832	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,445	98.80	1,428	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	191.76	2,535	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	189.66	2,784	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	168.33	2,069	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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	95.37/cwt	76.00–109.00	1,219	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,741	126.04/cwt	108.00–132.00	2,194	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,444	1
Bulls	—	—	2,190	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,526	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	123.32/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,633	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	141.17/cwt	133.00–146.00	2,454	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,328	154.89/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,057	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,445	98.80/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,428	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,145	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,525	120.10/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,832	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	191.76/cwt	187.00–193.50	2,535	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	189.66/cwt	184.00–193.50	2,784	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,229	168.33/cwt	161.00–179.00	2,069	4
Bulls	—	—	2,013	144.80/cwt	142.00–147.00	2,915	2

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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Receipts 108Last week 126Year ago 163

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested to last weeks light supply. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	76.00–109.00	95.37
4	—	1,324	119.00–128.00	123.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,741	108.00–132.00	126.04
1	—	1,640	149.00	149.00
9	—	1,738	133.00–146.00	141.17
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	151.00–159.00	154.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,190	161.00	161.00
2	—	2,013	142.00–147.00	144.80
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	95.00–101.00	98.80
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	119.00–121.00	120.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,322	187.00–193.50	191.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,468	184.00–193.50	189.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	161.00–179.00	168.33

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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