Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested, but a higher undertone noted. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	175.77	2,487	5thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,852	169.42	3,138	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,541	162.19	2,499	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,575	144.84	2,281	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,359	138.17	1,878	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	119.85	1,227	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,652	165.75	2,738	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	191.13	2,582	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,058	158.78	1,680	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	190.21	2,760	73
Steers	Standard	Average	1,445	173.45	2,506	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	167.67	2,044	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	870	135.00	1,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	119.85/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,227	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	138.28/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,825	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	191.07/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,780	67
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	192.37/cwt	186.00–196.00	2,632	58
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	175.77/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,487	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,652	165.75/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,738	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	137.90/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,172	2
Bulls	—	—	1,704	157.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,688	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,020	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,599	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,527	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,445	173.45/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,506	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	180.59/cwt	173.00–184.50	2,541	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,158	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,061	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,882	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	149.46/cwt	147.00–151.00	2,354	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,541	162.19/cwt	158.00–167.00	2,499	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,058	158.78/cwt	150.00–173.00	1,680	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	167.67/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,044	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	870	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,954	175.47/cwt	170.00–178.00	3,429	5

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 Jun 13, 2024

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

Receipts 210Last week 194Year ago 170

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	117.00–126.00	119.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	136.00–140.00	138.28
1	—	1,365	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,470	128.00	128.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	136.00–140.00	137.90
3	—	1,575	147.00–151.00	149.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,541	158.00–167.00	162.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,455	185.00–196.00	191.07
6	—	1,407	173.00–184.50	180.59
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	172.00–175.00	173.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	160.00–178.00	167.67
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,368	186.00–196.00	192.37
3	—	1,337	189.00	189.00
5	—	1,158	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,058	150.00–173.00	158.78
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,415	170.00–181.00	175.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,652	164.00–167.00	165.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,704	150.00–160.00	157.72
1	—	1,935	186.00	186.00
5	—	1,954	170.00–178.00	175.47

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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