Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 4.00 lower, and Leans 11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	2,337	134.93	3,153	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,508	111.62	1,684	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	105.44	1,456	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,226	87.70	1,075	10
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,319	193.34	2,551	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	985	167.10	1,646	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	965	122.50	1,182	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	194.51	2,837	90
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,108	182.37	2,021	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	138.00	1,546	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	2,337	134.93/cwt	130.00–141.00	3,153	3
Heifers	Select	—	965	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,182	1
Steers	Select	—	1,120	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,546	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	985	167.10/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,646	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,108	182.37/cwt	176.00–186.00	2,021	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,482	196.73/cwt	190.00–199.50	2,916	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,216	186.00/cwt	181.00–188.00	2,262	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	107.68/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,486	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	75.00/cwt	73.00–77.00	870	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	195.53/cwt	189.00–200.50	2,640	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	105.44/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,456	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,731	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,236	89.85/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,111	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,264	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,319	181.36/cwt	170.00–188.00	2,392	13

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 197Last week 306Year ago 135

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,337	130.00–141.00	134.93
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	165.00–169.00	167.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,216	181.00–188.00	186.00
47	—	1,350	189.00–200.50	195.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	138.00	138.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	176.00–186.00	182.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,482	190.00–199.50	196.73
13	—	1,319	170.00–188.00	181.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	107.00–108.00	107.68
13	—	1,538	110.00–115.00	112.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	73.00–77.00	75.00
7	—	1,236	86.00–96.00	89.85
1	—	1,290	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,381	103.00–108.00	105.44

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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