Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, light offering with moderate demand. No price comparison for today's auction as last auction was 30 days ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.71/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −123.49 against this barn's trailing median of $390.20.

Average price

$266.71

24 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$65.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.37

vs IL average

−10.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	270.73	1,510	22
Medium and Large 1-2	500	240.00	1,200	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	205.00	1,076	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.73/cwt here — about $434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

266.71

—

IL average2 barns · 149 hd

277.08

−10.37

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−10.51

This barn, trailing median1 sales

390.20

−123.49

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

39 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 1-2	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	303.39/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,323	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	306.64/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,101	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	267.09/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,806	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	271.90/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,311	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	231.44/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,163	180.01/cwt	177.50–182.50	2,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	331.15/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	328.58/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	272.48/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,518	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	300.16/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,140	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	279.94/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,377	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	246.75/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,693	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,499	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1350–1400	1,370	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	250.11/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,791	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,883	3

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 →

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Today at Walnut, light offering with moderate demand. No price comparison for today's auction as last auction was 30 days ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
8	550–600	557	267.50–287.50	272.48
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
10	700–750	716	247.50–257.50	250.11
2	750–800	770	223.00–240.00	231.44
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00
3	950–1000	978	192.50	192.50
2	1150–1200	1,163	177.50–182.50	180.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	436	315.00–335.00	331.15
6	450–500	486	320.00–333.00	328.58
7	500–550	546	295.00–301.00	300.16
11	550–600	590	297.50	297.50
7	650–700	676	264.00–270.00	267.09
3	750–800	757	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,140	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	332.50	332.50
9	350–400	359	305.00–310.00	306.64
17	400–450	436	297.50–307.50	303.39
5	450–500	492	272.50–285.00	279.94
14	500–550	547	274.00	274.00
8	550–600	577	265.00	265.00
10	600–650	632	255.00	255.00
12	650–700	686	246.00–247.00	246.75
4	700–750	708	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	265.00–280.00	271.90
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	625	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	870	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	525	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	618	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	945	150.00	150.00
1	1350–1400	1,370	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	730	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	780	185.00	185.00

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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