Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.41/cwt on 634 head.

Average price

$141.41

634 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	141.41	999	634

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale634 hd

141.41

—

NE average8 barns · 10,538 hd

152.40

−10.99

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

16 lots · USDA AMS · Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

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	—	719	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,039	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	143.02/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,123	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,268	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,046	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,095	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,073	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	184.73/cwt	182.00–188.00	872	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	995	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	979	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	136.36/cwt	133.50–136.85	1,057	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	143.06/cwt	140.50–143.50	888	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	882	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,106	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	993	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	178.19/cwt	176.00–180.00	782	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	158.02/cwt	150.00–163.50	819	30

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Apr 30, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,270Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison to last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	719	144.50	144.50
124	—	785	141.00–143.50	143.02
78	—	1,012	125.25	125.25
62	—	642	163.00	163.00
30	—	819	133.75	133.75
17	—	658	163.00	163.00
15	—	472	182.00–188.00	184.73
14	—	585	170.00	170.00
6	—	522	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	775	133.50–136.85	136.36
102	—	621	140.50–143.50	143.06
65	—	568	155.25	155.25
55	—	883	125.25	125.25
52	—	733	135.50	135.50
31	—	439	176.00–180.00	178.19
30	—	518	150.00–163.50	158.02

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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