Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the last reported sale, steers under 550 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers calves sold unevenly steady with yearlings trending 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good for this special BBQ Auction. Several load lots and packages of calves and yearlings sold in the run. Most calves had fall precondition shots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.41/cwt on 1,675 head.

Average price

$147.41

1,675 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$124

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

$2.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	147.54	957	1,599
Medium and Large 1-2	747	144.65	1,081	76

One grade step is worth $2.89/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale1,675 hd

147.41

—

NE average9 barns · 10,754 hd

143.76

+3.65

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

31 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	—	324	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	561	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	164.26/cwt	163.00–167.00	618	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	142.35/cwt	142.35–142.35	1,224	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	149.10/cwt	149.10–149.10	1,126	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	951	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	170.88/cwt	165.75–172.00	711	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	887	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	141.23/cwt	136.50–146.50	801	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.29/cwt	142.50–150.00	781	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	152.98/cwt	149.75–156.00	731	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	143.62/cwt	141.75–145.85	1,189	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	147.28/cwt	145.25–149.25	1,056	450
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	805	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	143.42/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,112	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,078	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,129	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	162.50/cwt	153.00–165.00	999	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	189.04/cwt	186.50–198.00	720	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,262	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	154.38/cwt	152.50–156.10	1,201	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	181.59/cwt	170.00–186.50	768	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	177.59/cwt	170.00–187.00	836	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	168.96/cwt	165.50–174.00	865	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.95/cwt	154.00–165.00	895	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	967	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	918	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,153	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	826	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	148.33/cwt	148.25–149.50	1,006	97

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.

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Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Sat Oct 12, 2019

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	324	173.00	173.00
25	—	376	163.00–167.00	164.26
64	—	860	142.35	142.35
71	—	755	149.10	149.10
76	—	677	140.50	140.50
91	—	416	165.75–172.00	170.88
108	—	616	144.00	144.00
109	—	567	136.50–146.50	141.23
135	—	530	142.50–150.00	147.29
191	—	478	149.75–156.00	152.98
216	—	828	141.75–145.85	143.62
450	—	717	145.25–149.25	147.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	619	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	159.00	159.00
70	—	775	140.00–144.00	143.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	698	154.50	154.50
38	—	720	156.75	156.75
40	—	615	153.00–165.00	162.50
50	—	381	186.50–198.00	189.04
61	—	825	153.00	153.00
65	—	778	152.50–156.10	154.38
198	—	423	170.00–186.50	181.59
204	—	471	170.00–187.00	177.59
278	—	512	165.50–174.00	168.96
339	—	570	154.00–165.00	156.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	662	146.00	146.00
93	—	603	152.25	152.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	170.00	170.00
12	—	779	148.00	148.00
14	—	533	155.00	155.00
97	—	678	148.25–149.50	148.33

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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