Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2024-10-15

Walnut Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Oct 15
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044
Receipts
126 head
85 vs last sale 211 239 vs year ago 365 · 65.5%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Aug 19, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Full harvest mode in northern Illinois resulted in a light offering of feeder cattle today in Walnut. Light attendance drove light demand. As no reported feeder specials have occurred within the last 30 days, no price comparison is available for today's auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $240.24/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 175.91 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.
Average price
$240.24
18 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.56
vs IL average
59.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555240.241,33418thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
240.24
IL average2 barns · 92 hd
259.81
−19.56
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−59.09
This barn, trailing median1 sales
416.16
−175.91
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

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1002
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900868201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7452
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350348262.50/cwt262.50–262.509143
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750710218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570223.91/cwt222.50–226.001,27618
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,40611
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000990216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4625
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526232.77/cwt225.00–252.501,2247
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650606240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4544
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,62510
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471290.00/cwt285.00–295.001,36614
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455197.50/cwt197.50–197.508991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1033
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1751
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800754170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,28212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539220.70/cwt215.00–222.001,1905
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465197.50/cwt197.50–197.509181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850821200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6427

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.