Sale reports / Illinois / Walnut Livestock Auction / 2025-10-21

Walnut Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Walnut, Illinois · Tue, Oct 21
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2044
Receipts
88 head
188 vs last sale 276 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Aug 19, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: No price comparison is available for today's feeder cattle special, as this was the first reported feeder sale this fall at Walnut.

Today in Walnut, a good-quality, light offering met with good demand and active trade. There was increased demand for long-time weaned and multi-vaccinated feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.75/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 19.40 against this barn's trailing median of $416.16.
Average price
$396.75
14 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$68.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.57
vs IL average
61.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530411.362,18211thin
Medium and Large 1-2579343.171,9873thin
One grade step is worth $68.19/cwt here — about $195 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 sale14 hd
396.75
IL average2 barns · 57 hd
387.18
+9.57
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−61.39
This barn, trailing median1 sales
416.16
−19.40
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

20 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
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425477.00/cwt477.00–477.002,0271
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,1783
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500491406.89/cwt405.00–407.501,9984
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440423.17/cwt407.50–435.001,8627
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628386.26/cwt380.00–389.002,42616
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579343.17/cwt340.00–350.001,9873
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6656
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550506415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1007
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900858260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2312
SteersLarge 2800–850815247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500455407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850825225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600588325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9112
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900875267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,3411
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,2085
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433463.81/cwt450.00–477.502,0088

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.