Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, a light offering of locally produced feeder cattle was met with moderate demand, with long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated calves in good demand. As this is the first reported feeder special of the year, no price comparison is available for today's auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.60/cwt on 152 head.

Average price

$217.60

152 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$726

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$107.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.56

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	229.24	1,456	91
Medium and Large 1-2	525	216.71	1,138	44
Medium and Large 2	716	177.45	1,271	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	602	121.25	730	6thin

One grade step is worth $107.99/cwt here — about $726 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 sale152 hd

217.60

—

IL average4 barns · 509 hd

201.04

+16.56

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

47 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 1	—	650	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,309	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	178.38/cwt	170.00–182.50	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	375	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	216.27/cwt	212.50–221.00	1,254	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	219.01/cwt	218.00–220.00	861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	228.09/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,457	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	172.98/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,230	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	798	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	215.65/cwt	207.50–220.00	1,106	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,108	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	588	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	229.06/cwt	224.00–237.50	1,576	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	212.27/cwt	197.50–216.00	1,212	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	203.65/cwt	202.50–205.00	874	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	219.96/cwt	217.50–222.50	831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	214.14/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,021	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	202.96/cwt	202.50–205.00	1,230	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	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 Nov 21, 2023

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

Receipts 279Last week 365Year ago 285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	217.50	217.50
2	—	618	212.50	212.50
9	—	574	226.00	226.00
8	—	549	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	175.00	175.00
1	—	895	175.00	175.00
3	—	757	177.00	177.00
2	—	598	155.00	155.00
1	—	655	157.50	157.50
1	—	1,160	140.00	140.00
1	—	805	165.00	165.00
1	—	470	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	209.00	209.00
11	—	571	197.50–216.00	212.27
15	—	429	202.50–205.00	203.65
6	—	378	217.50–222.50	219.96
12	—	477	210.00–215.00	214.14
11	—	606	202.50–205.00	202.96
4	—	319	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	170.00–182.50	178.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
1	—	375	117.50	117.50
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
2	—	558	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	212.50–221.00	216.27
1	—	675	215.00	215.00
4	—	615	217.50	217.50
6	—	393	218.00–220.00	219.01
1	—	495	215.00	215.00
1	—	255	237.50	237.50
1	—	740	207.50	207.50
19	—	513	207.50–220.00	215.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	757	231.00	231.00
2	—	395	232.50	232.50
61	—	639	225.00–238.00	228.09
4	—	414	230.00	230.00
2	—	513	250.00	250.00
15	—	688	224.00–237.50	229.06
1	—	490	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	190.00	190.00
1	—	565	150.00	150.00
4	—	711	166.00–180.00	172.98
4	—	798	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	125.00	125.00

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.

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