Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher. Only one bull last week, so slaughter bulls this week 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	—	Average	1,786	149.18	2,665	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,569	161.03	2,526	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	132.51	2,129	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	125.84	1,604	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,131	114.14	1,291	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,402	134.05	1,879	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,252	125.93	1,577	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,233	126.46	1,559	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,290	187.94	2,423	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,145	151.38	1,733	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	132.00	1,393	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	187.49	2,730	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	163.65	1,907	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	—	1,585	156.74/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,484	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,055	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,393	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,252	125.93/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,577	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,233	126.46/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,559	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	151.38/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,733	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	138.78/cwt	134.00–145.00	2,291	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	944	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	120.58/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,530	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,581	124.04/cwt	107.50–131.00	1,961	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,052	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	131.31/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,672	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,847	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,516	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,029	1
Bulls	—	—	2,088	137.85/cwt	137.00–139.00	2,878	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	178.48/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,320	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,613	156.54/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,525	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,165	163.65/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,907	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,402	134.05/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,879	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,456	187.49/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,730	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	116.16/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,353	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,289	188.41/cwt	182.00–192.50	2,429	60

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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 175Last week 172Year ago 163

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	152.00–160.00	156.74
2	—	2,088	137.00–139.00	137.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	146.00–157.00	151.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	174.00–181.00	178.48
60	—	1,289	182.00–192.50	188.41
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	121.00–127.00	125.93
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,402	129.00–137.00	134.05
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	126.00–127.00	126.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,651	134.00–145.00	138.78
9	—	1,581	107.50–131.00	124.04
1	—	1,390	146.00	146.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	102.00	102.00
6	—	1,165	110.00–122.00	116.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	117.00–124.00	120.58
1	—	1,275	82.50	82.50
9	—	1,273	127.00–137.00	131.31
1	—	1,310	141.00	141.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,613	152.00–162.00	156.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	161.00–165.00	163.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,456	183.00–192.00	187.49

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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