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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Oct 14

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

110 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 134▼ 50 vs year ago 160 · −31.3%

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 2.00. Slaughter cows were lightly tested 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	1,532	128.57	1,970	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	122.00	1,379	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	218.53	2,850	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	202.00	2,535	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,073	189.44	2,033	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	221.30	3,235	41
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,438	204.00	2,934	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. 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,320	212.21/cwt	210.00–213.00	2,801	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,438	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,934	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	222.28/cwt	214.00–225.00	3,283	37
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,073	189.44/cwt	184.00–195.50	2,033	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,080	212.01/cwt	211.00–213.00	2,290	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,255	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,535	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,312	219.02/cwt	214.50–224.25	2,874	44
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,940	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,379	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	140.39/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,937	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,516	127.19/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,928	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight	1,965	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	2,279	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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 110Last week 134Year ago 160

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 2.00. Slaughter cows were lightly tested as compared to one week ago. No test for slaughter bulls. Trade was active on good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,516	123.00–134.00	127.19
2	—	1,380	139.00–142.50	140.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,312	214.50–224.25	219.02
1	—	1,400	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	184.00–195.50	189.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	211.00–213.00	212.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,477	214.00–225.00	222.28
4	—	1,320	210.00–213.00	212.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	204.00	204.00

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.