Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week at Walnut compared to last week, steers and heifers were up $3.00. Slaughter bulls and cows were lightly tested. We had active trade 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	—	Average	1,883	167.17	3,148	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,923	155.45	2,989	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	146.75	2,074	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,240	127.71	1,584	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,272	245.00	3,116	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	200.00	2,280	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	184.69	1,939	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,404	245.64	3,448	37
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	214.82	2,711	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,288	144.47	1,861	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	3,276	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,088	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,568	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	127.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,584	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,923	155.45/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,989	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	146.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,074	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,404	245.96/cwt	240.00–250.00	3,453	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	245.26/cwt	238.00–247.50	3,132	70
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	214.82/cwt	214.00–218.00	2,711	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,140	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,280	1
Bulls	—	—	1,883	167.17/cwt	150.00–175.00	3,148	3
Steers	Select	—	1,288	144.47/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,050	184.69/cwt	171.00–198.00	1,939	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

Wed Aug 27, 2025

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

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This week at Walnut compared to last week, steers and heifers were up $3.00. Slaughter bulls and cows were lightly tested. We had active trade with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	234.00	234.00
36	—	1,404	240.00–250.00	245.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,262	214.00–218.00	214.82
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	140.00–150.00	144.47
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	236.00	236.00
70	—	1,277	238.00–247.50	245.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	171.00–198.00	184.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	125.00–130.00	127.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,923	150.00–160.00	155.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,413	140.00–150.00	146.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,883	150.00–175.00	167.17

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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