Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows saw a light test to last week, but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,505	179.00	2,694	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,645	180.00	2,961	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,585	106.37	1,686	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	104.59	1,554	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	93.99	1,189	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	78.66	872	10
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	85.50	1,234	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,330	68.17	907	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,377	184.02	2,534	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	150.00	1,725	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,474	187.02	2,756	62
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	156.29	1,857	14

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,648	130.47/cwt	121.00–138.00	2,150	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,505	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,694	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,645	180.00/cwt	179.50–180.50	2,961	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,725	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	156.29/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,857	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	92.13/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,141	13
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	556	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	647	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	103.46/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,330	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	86.99/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,038	4
Bulls	—	—	1,490	70.21/cwt	52.00–98.00	1,046	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	2,490	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	177.04/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,337	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	77.71/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,067	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,391	185.70/cwt	179.00–189.50	2,583	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	187.16/cwt	179.00–190.50	2,761	61
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	85.50/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,234	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	104.59/cwt	95.00–115.00	1,554	19
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,395	72.21/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,007	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	77.93/cwt	72.00–84.00	779	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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 206Last week 132Year ago 97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,648	121.00–138.00	130.47
2	—	1,490	52.00–98.00	70.21
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	179.00	179.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,645	179.50–180.50	180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,320	175.00–178.00	177.04
29	—	1,391	179.00–189.50	185.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,188	155.00–160.00	156.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	178.50	178.50
61	—	1,475	179.00–190.50	187.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,238	87.00–98.00	92.13
6	—	1,286	102.00–105.00	103.46
2	—	1,373	75.00–81.00	77.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	49.00	49.00
4	—	1,193	85.00–89.00	86.99
5	—	999	72.00–84.00	77.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,486	95.00–115.00	104.59
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	52.00	52.00
4	—	1,395	70.00–76.00	72.21
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	85.00–86.00	85.50

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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