Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.35/cwt on 696 head.

Average price

$146.35

696 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$3.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	742	146.93	1,090	575
Medium and Large 1-2	794	143.60	1,140	121

One grade step is worth $3.33/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale696 hd

146.35

—

NE average6 barns · 7,047 hd

147.85

−1.49

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

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	755	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	126.78/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,156	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,061	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	835	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,051	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	927	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	910	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	914	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,098	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	148.23/cwt	148.00–148.75	1,144	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	154.35/cwt	154.35–154.35	1,003	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,287	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	145.41/cwt	142.00–148.75	1,069	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	143.60/cwt	143.60–143.60	1,140	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	685	5

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 Sep 24, 2019

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

Receipts 1,330Last week 820Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	503	149.00	149.00
14	—	484	156.00	156.00
18	—	912	126.00–128.00	126.78
24	—	807	131.50	131.50
31	—	576	145.00	145.00
148	—	748	140.50	140.50
5	—	442	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	674	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	172.00	172.00
9	—	507	157.00	157.00
13	—	497	163.50	163.50
35	—	591	154.00	154.00
36	—	609	150.00	150.00
42	—	813	135.00	135.00
59	—	772	148.00–148.75	148.23
107	—	650	154.35	154.35
130	—	924	139.25	139.25
137	—	735	142.00–148.75	145.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	794	143.60	143.60

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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