Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2025-01-16

Walnut Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Thu, Jan 16
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047
Receipts
149 head
5 vs last sale 144 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Mar 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers continued their Upward trend selling 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers and bulls were lightly tested and slaughter cows were not reported today. Trade was active with very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,813128.912,3377thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,637168.472,7583thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,364208.422,84331
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265171.752,1732thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,510208.883,15477
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,560164.922,5732thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice1,637168.47/cwt160.00–173.002,7583
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,738204.48/cwt202.00–207.003,5542
SteersSelect and Choice1,560164.92/cwt159.00–171.002,5732
SteersChoice1,470202.24/cwt195.00–204.502,97312
SteersChoice1,510210.29/cwt205.00–217.003,17563
HeifersSelect and Choice1,265171.75/cwt151.00–193.002,1732
HeifersChoice1,397188.98/cwt177.00–201.002,6402
HeifersChoice1,362209.76/cwt205.00–213.002,85729
Bulls1,703122.06/cwt121.00–123.002,0793
Bulls1,896134.04/cwt131.00–140.002,5414

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.