Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Walnut, several load lots of unvaccinated feeder steers and heifers kept trading steady across most weight classes as compared to a month ago. Feeder steers and heifers above 600lbs traded light to a $2 lower. Trade was active with good demand for a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.71/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$169.71

139 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$32.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.35

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	581	170.88	992	134
Medium and Large 2	575	138.20	794	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.68/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale139 hd

169.71

—

IL average5 barns · 1,227 hd

181.06

−11.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	328	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	159.99/cwt	152.50–166.00	819	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	140.70/cwt	139.00–149.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	169.64/cwt	152.00–171.00	836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	163.71/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,120	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	150.75/cwt	147.50–155.00	415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	538	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	979	20
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	781	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	773	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	173.71/cwt	149.00–179.00	1,025	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	169.52/cwt	155.00–176.00	1,092	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	152.94/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,165	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	144.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	902	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	137.02/cwt	130.00–148.00	991	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	977	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	593	4

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - Walnut, IL

Tue Nov 15, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	180.00	180.00
20	—	538	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	136.00	136.00
2	—	572	133.00	133.00
2	—	500	140.00–149.00	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	493	152.00–171.00	169.64
6	—	684	159.00–166.00	163.71
5	—	275	147.50–155.00	150.75
1	—	420	152.50	152.50
44	—	590	149.00–179.00	173.71
32	—	644	155.00–176.00	169.52
9	—	762	149.00–155.00	152.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	150.00	150.00
2	—	400	157.50	157.50
50	—	512	152.50–166.00	159.99
6	—	555	139.00–149.00	140.70
5	—	387	158.00	158.00
5	—	723	130.00–148.00	137.02
5	—	649	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	117.50	117.50
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
2	—	902	112.50	112.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	781	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	81.50	81.50

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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