Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2024-01-23

Walnut Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Jan 23
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044
Receipts
125 head
60 vs last sale 185 240 vs year ago 365 · 65.8%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Aug 19, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: Due to inclement weather, auction was electronically reported.

A light run of local feeder cattle offered today was mostly multiple vaccinated and long timed weaned. Harsh weather provided poor conditions to transport cattle driving a light run. As the last reported feeder special was 12.19.23 no price comparison is made for today's auction. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $208.35/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$208.35
72 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.67
vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685234.801,60929
Medium and Large 2729190.521,38943
One grade step is worth $44.28/cwt here — about $220 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 sale72 hd
208.35
IL average4 barns · 2,113 hd
234.03
−25.67
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2788198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5609
SteersMedium and Large 2513179.93/cwt175.00–185.009232
SteersMedium and Large 1523257.59/cwt237.50–267.501,3473
SteersMedium and Large 1580232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 2497175.00/cwt175.00–175.008703
HeifersMedium 2-3655147.50/cwt147.50–147.509661
SteersMedium and Large 2883188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,6607
SteersMedium and Large 1726234.42/cwt234.00–235.001,70219
HeifersMedium and Large 2800177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450205.00/cwt205.00–205.009231
SteersMedium and Large 2810199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6124
SteersMedium and Large 2614186.26/cwt186.00–187.501,14417
SteersMedium and Large 1667232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5513
SteersMedium and Large 1642217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3963
SteersMedium and Large 2995189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,8813
SteersMedium and Large 2380205.00/cwt205.00–205.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 2657172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1333
HeifersLarge 2940187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4748
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313245.00/cwt245.00–245.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 1503220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,10712
HeifersMedium and Large 1695212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4737

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.