Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 7.00. Slaughter cows following the same trend, trading higher 6.00. Light run on slaughter bulls with no comparable price as to one week ago. Trade was active, demand continues to be good.

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	1,870	157.50	2,945	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	158.63	2,563	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,623	152.34	2,472	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,445	101.88	1,472	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,433	242.37	3,473	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,427	212.30	3,030	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,243	153.27	1,905	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,168	109.55	1,280	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,515	243.71	3,692	22

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	—	2,065	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,614	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,243	153.27/cwt	144.00–160.00	1,905	2
Heifers	Standard	—	1,168	109.55/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,427	212.30/cwt	210.00–216.00	3,030	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,433	242.37/cwt	233.00–246.00	3,473	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	243.71/cwt	232.00–245.00	3,692	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,699	150.10/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,550	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,616	158.63/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,563	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,345	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,616	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,565	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,252	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 Feb 25, 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,065	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,675	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	144.00–160.00	153.27
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	100.00–120.00	109.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	210.00–216.00	212.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,433	233.00–246.00	242.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,515	232.00–245.00	243.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,699	140.00–155.00	150.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	168.00	168.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,616	155.00–160.00	158.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	132.50	132.50
1	—	1,405	115.00	115.00
2	—	1,565	80.00	80.00

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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