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Walnut Livestock Auction

Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Slaughter Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Wed, Oct 28

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2047

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Receipts

78 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 54▼ 103 vs year ago 181 · −56.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 3.00 on light but quality offering. No price comparison on slaughter cows due to the light test. Demand was good to very good. Trade was active. Harvest continues to drive light offerings.

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,192	122.23	1,457	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,353	222.26	3,006	52
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	220.75	3,102	19

Every lot, as filed

9 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,180	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,537	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,275	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,716	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,385	222.95/cwt	221.00–227.00	3,088	15
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,735	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,661	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	1,090	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,322	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,318	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,755	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	223.20/cwt	218.00–228.00	3,047	48
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,300	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	126.85/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,539	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 Oct 28, 2026

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

Receipts 78Last week 54Year ago 181

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	122.00–130.00	126.85
1	—	1,150	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,365	218.00–228.00	223.20
2	—	1,318	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,385	221.00–227.00	222.95
1	—	1,275	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	215.00	215.00

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.