Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, a light run of mostly well conditioned feeders was met with good demand on active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.71/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −139.44 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.

Average price

$276.71

44 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$22.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs IL average

−32.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	281.92	1,592	34
Medium and Large 1-2	524	259.00	1,357	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.92/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale44 hd

276.71

—

IL average2 barns · 107 hd

279.13

−2.42

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−32.55

This barn, trailing median1 sales

416.16

−139.44

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

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,091	2
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,446	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	258.83/cwt	253.00–271.00	1,651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,584	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	283.69/cwt	277.00–288.50	1,648	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,362	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,749	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	235.39/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,436	19
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	750	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,206	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,035	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	244.61/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,333	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	279.07/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,501	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	237.63/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,359	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	214.16/cwt	212.50–217.50	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,745	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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 247Last week 126Year ago 279

Today at Walnut, a light run of mostly well conditioned feeders was met with good demand on active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	590	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,007	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	384	285.00	285.00
23	500–550	545	235.00–252.50	244.61
23	550–600	572	235.00–242.50	237.63
9	600–650	605	239.00	239.00
2	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	793	214.00	214.00
1	900–950	920	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	222.50	222.50
1	450–500	475	235.00	235.00
19	500–550	536	225.00	225.00
5	650–700	672	219.00	219.00
1	850–900	895	195.00	195.00
1	950–1000	995	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	212.50–217.50	214.16
1	800–850	825	169.00	169.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	352.50	352.50
9	450–500	476	322.50	322.50
13	500–550	538	272.50–283.00	279.07
21	550–600	581	277.00–288.50	283.69
9	600–650	638	253.00–271.00	258.83
11	650–700	654	267.50	267.50
5	700–750	713	259.00	259.00
3	800–850	832	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	503	265.00	265.00
19	600–650	610	235.00–242.50	235.39
17	650–700	671	236.00	236.00
2	700–750	713	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	529	257.50	257.50

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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