Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Walnut, Feeder steers traded higher 3.00-5.00 while feeder heifers were mostly steady with feeder heifer above 500lbs trading higher 2.00. Trading was active for a moderate offering of locally produced feeder cattle. The next feeder special is scheduled for January 17, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.67/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$166.67

168 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$36.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.79

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	184.00	1,018	21
Medium and Large 1-2	634	166.11	1,053	132
Medium and Large 2	685	147.41	1,010	15thin

One grade step is worth $36.59/cwt here — about $8 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 sale168 hd

166.67

—

IL average5 barns · 1,478 hd

173.47

−6.79

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

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	624	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	153.15/cwt	149.00–157.00	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	157.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	971	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	157.04/cwt	152.00–158.50	818	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	152.69/cwt	151.00–156.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,018	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	158.17/cwt	150.00–160.50	908	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,062	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	165.00/cwt	161.00–170.50	1,099	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	158.34/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	758	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	170.44/cwt	169.75–171.50	1,234	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	146.46/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,081	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	166.30/cwt	164.00–171.00	956	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	752	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.

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

Walnut Auction Sales Feeder Cattle Special - Walnut, IL

Tue Dec 20, 2022

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

Receipts 365Last week 285Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	136.00	136.00
2	—	490	140.00	140.00
5	—	551	144.00	144.00
5	—	635	145.00	145.00
1	—	375	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	413	151.00	151.00
9	—	475	149.00–157.00	153.15
24	—	617	150.00–160.00	157.37
1	—	705	147.00	147.00
19	—	521	152.00–158.50	157.04
61	—	574	150.00–160.50	158.17
8	—	806	147.50	147.50
8	—	683	152.50	152.50
2	—	360	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
3	—	443	125.00	125.00
1	—	955	121.00	121.00
2	—	688	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	526	151.00–156.00	152.69
1	—	580	142.00	142.00
11	—	738	141.00–147.00	146.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	553	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	167.00	167.00
33	—	666	161.00–170.50	165.00
8	—	759	154.00–161.00	158.34
12	—	465	163.00	163.00
28	—	724	169.75–171.50	170.44
44	—	575	164.00–171.00	166.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	140.00	140.00
1	—	355	132.50	132.50
1	—	510	147.50	147.50

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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