Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows and bulls 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	—	Low	1,517	91.98	1,395	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	128.75	1,983	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,351	121.99	1,648	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,187	112.19	1,331	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,755	169.00	2,966	4thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,341	191.72	2,572	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,130	182.00	2,057	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	189.67	2,765	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,120	180.00	2,016	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,070	146.69	1,570	2thin

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	Lean 85-90%	—	970	101.09/cwt	100.00–102.00	981	2
Bulls	—	—	1,517	91.98/cwt	70.00–117.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,717	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	190.87/cwt	185.00–195.50	2,796	105
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	117.74/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,525	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	128.75/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,983	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,383	182.22/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,520	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,329	168.76/cwt	150.00–183.00	2,243	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	121.99/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,648	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	191.58/cwt	185.00–196.50	2,560	51
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,130	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,057	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,120	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,016	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,755	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,966	4
Steers	Select	—	1,070	146.69/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,570	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Oct 10, 2024

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

Receipts 197Last week 82Year ago 82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	100.00–102.00	101.09
4	—	1,295	114.00–119.00	117.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	126.00–132.00	128.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,351	117.00–126.00	121.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	70.00–117.00	91.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,379	197.00	197.00
2	—	1,383	180.00–184.00	182.22
51	—	1,336	185.00–196.50	191.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	182.00	182.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,465	185.00–195.50	190.87
6	—	1,329	150.00–183.00	168.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	145.00–148.00	146.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	169.00	169.00

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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