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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Oct 7

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

134 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 150▼ 79 vs year ago 213 · −37.1%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 3.00. Slaughter cows on a light test traded higher 11.00. No test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active on good to very 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	1,579	141.60	2,236	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	114.50	1,316	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	219.10	2,954	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	191.00	2,082	1thin
Heifers	Select	Low	1,498	173.50	2,598	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	219.50	3,134	67
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,435	203.89	2,926	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,428	219.50/cwt	214.00–225.00	3,134	67
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,435	203.89/cwt	199.00–207.00	2,926	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceLight Weight	1,090	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,082	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,340	219.50/cwt	214.00–223.50	2,941	28
Heifers	—	Select	1,375	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,503	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,585	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,297	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,620	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,673	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,121	115.69/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,297	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,375	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,444	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,579	141.60/cwt	132.00–152.00	2,236	8

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 7, 2026

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

Receipts 134Last week 150Year ago 213

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 3.00. Slaughter cows on a light test traded higher 11.00. No test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active on good to very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,579	132.00–152.00	141.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,121	111.00–125.00	115.69
1	—	1,375	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,340	214.00–223.50	219.50
1	—	1,585	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,375	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,428	214.00–225.00	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	199.00–207.00	203.89

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.