Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 4.00-7.00. Slaughter cows were lightly tested, trading steady as compared to one week ago. No test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active on 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,530	134.18	2,053	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,161	102.26	1,187	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,355	228.28	3,092	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	214.70	2,681	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,280	188.04	2,407	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,280	141.05	1,805	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	231.52	3,350	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	215.24	2,861	9thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,312	144.24	1,892	3thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	915	77.20/cwt	70.00–85.00	706	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	223.15/cwt	223.00–223.50	2,890	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,309	117.29/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,535	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	134.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,053	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	231.52/cwt	224.50–236.00	3,350	56
Heifers	Choice	—	1,359	228.65/cwt	224.00–232.50	3,107	41
Heifers	Select and ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,028	213.53/cwt	210.00–217.00	2,195	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,329	215.24/cwt	207.00–220.00	2,861	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,289	214.91/cwt	206.00–222.50	2,770	11
Steers	Standard	—	1,312	144.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Standard	—	1,280	141.05/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,280	188.04/cwt	185.00–191.00	2,407	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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Receipts 145Last week 125Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	915	70.00–85.00	77.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,309	100.00–125.00	117.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	130.00–140.00	134.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	223.00–223.50	223.15
41	—	1,359	224.00–232.50	228.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	210.00–217.00	213.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,289	206.00–222.50	214.91
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	130.00–150.00	141.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	185.00–191.00	188.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,447	224.50–236.00	231.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,329	207.00–220.00	215.24
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	140.00–148.00	144.24

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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