Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Walnut, light run of feeders met with active trade on moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.53/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −138.63 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.

Average price

$277.53

40 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$510

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

$102.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.54

vs IL average

−49.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	315.41	1,670	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	287.91	1,615	8thin
Medium and Large 2	577	237.08	1,368	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	213.00	1,160	5thin

One grade step is worth $102.41/cwt here — about $510 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale40 hd

277.53

—

IL average2 barns · 320 hd

312.06

−34.54

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−49.10

This barn, trailing median1 sales

416.16

−138.63

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

43 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	600–650	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	272.89/cwt	272.50–273.00	1,277	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,706	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	241.21/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,604	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	263.78/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,482	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,087	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	271.94/cwt	271.50–273.00	1,977	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	541	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	286.32/cwt	285.50–287.00	1,927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	237.08/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,368	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	235.49/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,557	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	287.91/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,538	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,286	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	240.05/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	236.88/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,144	7
Heifers	Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,155	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	224.21/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	778	2

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 Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 276Last week 247Year ago 185

Today at Walnut, light run of feeders met with active trade on moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	610	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	468	272.50–273.00	272.89
25	550–600	562	260.00–272.00	263.78
23	650–700	665	235.00–246.00	241.21
16	700–750	702	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	225.00	225.00
2	350–400	375	207.50	207.50
1	650–700	680	195.00	195.00
1	900–950	915	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	490	262.50	262.50
7	500–550	530	248.50	248.50
10	550–600	550	235.00	235.00
6	600–650	608	222.00	222.00
5	650–700	685	221.00–229.00	224.21
2	800–850	830	202.00	202.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	475	130.00	130.00
1	550–600	560	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	250.00	250.00
7	450–500	483	229.00–240.00	236.88
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1150–1200	1,155	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	483	225.00	225.00
4	500–550	541	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	560	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
8	400–450	433	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	501	326.00	326.00
9	550–600	555	306.00	306.00
13	650–700	673	285.50–287.00	286.32
25	700–750	727	271.50–273.00	271.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	561	275.00–296.00	287.91
7	600–650	641	240.00	240.00
30	650–700	661	230.00–240.00	235.49
1	750–800	765	242.50	242.50
1	900–950	925	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	220.00–250.00	240.05
1	450–500	475	267.50	267.50
10	550–600	577	230.00–240.00	237.08

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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