Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher in a light test. 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,402	185.50	2,601	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,522	186.38	2,837	3thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,484	145.84	2,164	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,323	154.49	2,044	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	127.98	1,770	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	124.75	1,691	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	110.50	1,262	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,905	116.00	2,210	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,251	74.65	934	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	185.74	2,390	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,105	171.78	1,899	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	988	136.59	1,350	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,428	186.48	2,664	129
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	174.00	1,914	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,066	139.58	1,488	7thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,402	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,601	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	127.98/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,770	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	124.22/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,670	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	171.43/cwt	155.00–180.00	2,295	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,076	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,323	154.49/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,044	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,108	169.98/cwt	161.00–180.00	1,883	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	64.65/cwt	50.00–81.00	667	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,914	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,960	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,615	91.32/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,475	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,905	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	2,210	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	186.21/cwt	181.00–191.50	2,397	99
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	187.75/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,696	119
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,088	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,522	186.38/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,837	3
Steers	Select	—	1,092	135.61/cwt	124.00–142.00	1,481	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,000	149.50/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Select	—	988	136.59/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,350	2
Bulls	—	—	1,513	137.33/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,078	2
Bulls	—	—	1,455	154.34/cwt	149.00–158.00	2,246	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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Receipts 284Last week 169Year ago 133

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,402	185.50	185.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,383	123.00–132.00	127.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,344	118.00–128.00	124.22
1	—	1,475	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,220	120.00	120.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	149.00–160.00	154.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,339	155.00–180.00	171.43
119	—	1,436	181.00–191.00	187.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	174.00	174.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	124.00–142.00	135.61
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	149.00–150.00	149.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	161.00–180.00	169.98
1	—	1,095	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,287	181.00–191.50	186.21
2	—	1,285	160.00–165.00	162.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	135.00–138.00	136.59
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	50.00–81.00	64.65
3	—	1,615	85.00–98.00	91.32
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	116.00	116.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,522	185.00–187.00	186.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	135.00–139.00	137.33
2	—	1,455	149.00–158.00	154.34

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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