Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested, Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,988	148.04	2,943	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,272	143.47	1,825	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,666	120.18	2,002	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,530	114.65	1,754	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,255	97.46	1,223	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	744	65.81	489	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,262	179.73	2,267	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,098	155.90	1,712	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,097	132.01	1,448	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,453	183.65	2,668	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	160.86	1,938	5thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,330	149.00	1,982	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,072	145.25	1,557	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,988	148.04/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,943	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,097	132.01/cwt	127.00–139.00	1,448	3
Steers	Select	—	1,098	144.33/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,585	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	160.86/cwt	150.00–178.50	1,938	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,330	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,982	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	108.55/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,098	155.90/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,712	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	97.46/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,223	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,353	155.35/cwt	144.00–175.00	2,102	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	668	54.22/cwt	36.00–68.00	362	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,778	111.48/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,982	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	167.33/cwt	149.00–178.00	2,020	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	186.92/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,737	52
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,272	143.47/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	184.62/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,369	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	122.66/cwt	121.00–132.00	2,004	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	797	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,523	116.01/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,767	9

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 Sep 19, 2024

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

Receipts 169Last week 167Year ago 159

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were lightly tested, Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,988	147.00–149.00	148.04
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	148.00	148.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	143.00–145.00	144.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,205	150.00–178.50	160.86
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	149.00	149.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,353	144.00–175.00	155.35
52	—	1,464	180.00–190.00	186.92
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	127.00–139.00	132.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	153.00–159.00	155.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,207	149.00–178.00	167.33
33	—	1,283	180.00–186.50	184.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	108.00–109.00	108.55
9	—	1,523	111.00–122.00	116.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	97.00–98.00	97.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	111.00–112.00	111.48
7	—	1,634	121.00–132.00	122.66
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,272	138.00–148.00	143.47
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	36.00–68.00	54.22
1	—	895	89.00	89.00

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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