Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers were higher by $5.00-$8.00. Slaughter cows traded mixed, and bulls were steady compared to two weeks ago. Walnut had heavy offerings due to being the first sale back from the holidays.

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	—	Low	1,890	146.78	2,775	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,280	160.00	2,048	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,437	134.79	1,936	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,312	107.09	1,405	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,590	205.98	3,276	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,459	234.18	3,416	32
Steers	Choice	Low	1,537	232.27	3,570	112
Steers	Select	Average	1,199	203.20	2,436	4thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	3,044	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,539	224.14/cwt	223.00–225.50	3,450	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	95.16/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,174	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,898	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,417	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	135.22/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,985	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,461	234.67/cwt	225.50–239.50	3,429	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,538	234.20/cwt	226.00–240.00	3,602	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,377	117.04/cwt	105.00–125.00	1,612	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,048	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,521	219.72/cwt	216.00–222.50	3,342	8
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,609	210.54/cwt	200.00–214.50	3,388	7
Steers	Select	—	1,199	203.20/cwt	200.00–208.00	2,436	4
Bulls	—	—	2,128	155.17/cwt	150.00–160.00	3,302	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 Jan 7, 2026

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	219.00	219.00
31	—	1,461	225.50–239.50	234.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,539	223.00–225.50	224.14
94	—	1,538	226.00–240.00	234.20
8	—	1,521	216.00–222.50	219.72
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	200.00–208.00	203.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	90.00–100.00	95.16
6	—	1,377	105.00–125.00	117.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,468	128.00–140.00	135.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	190.00	190.00
7	—	1,609	200.00–214.50	210.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	130.00	130.00
2	—	2,128	150.00–160.00	155.17

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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