Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Walnut slaughter steers and heifers were trading lower $9.50- 11.00. Cows were down $10.00-12.00 and bulls traded steady from last week. We had active trade with moderate 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 Steers	Select	Average	1,632	200.08	3,265	9thin
Bulls	—	Average	2,094	157.28	3,294	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,832	156.95	2,875	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,571	136.20	2,140	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,354	118.95	1,611	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	233.23	3,118	64
Heifers	Select	Average	1,570	216.17	3,394	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	232.32	3,472	70
Steers	Select	Average	1,389	178.05	2,473	7thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	—	2,102	162.73/cwt	150.00–175.00	3,421	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,570	216.17/cwt	214.00–219.00	3,394	2
Steers	Select	—	1,389	178.05/cwt	130.00–212.00	2,473	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,532	223.56/cwt	220.00–228.00	3,425	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,632	200.08/cwt	180.00–216.00	3,265	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	233.23/cwt	230.00–236.00	3,118	64
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	233.14/cwt	229.00–236.00	3,476	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,571	136.20/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,140	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,832	156.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,875	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,354	118.95/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,611	4
Bulls	—	—	2,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,672	1

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 Oct 29, 2025

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

Receipts 181Last week 102Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,102	150.00–175.00	162.73
1	—	2,055	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	214.00–219.00	216.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,337	230.00–236.00	233.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	130.00–212.00	178.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,532	220.00–228.00	223.56
64	—	1,491	229.00–236.00	233.14
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,632	180.00–216.00	200.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,571	130.00–145.00	136.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,832	150.00–160.00	156.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	110.00–125.00	118.95

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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