Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.86/cwt on 959 head.

Average price

$157.86

959 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$23.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	158.78	871	921
Medium and Large 1-2	749	135.68	1,016	38

One grade step is worth $23.09/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale959 hd

157.86

—

NE average12 barns · 20,637 hd

158.77

−0.91

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 · 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	—	332	150.44/cwt	150.00–151.00	499	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	148.84/cwt	146.00–150.00	555	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	134.22/cwt	133.00–138.00	750	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.39/cwt	138.00–145.00	657	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	135.67/cwt	130.00–142.00	712	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,087	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	145.14/cwt	136.00–152.50	627	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	846	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	203.21/cwt	201.00–206.00	575	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	174.55/cwt	170.00–181.00	684	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,309	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	166.74/cwt	160.00–173.00	720	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	151.69/cwt	150.50–152.50	801	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	164.79/cwt	154.00–168.00	789	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.88/cwt	149.00–159.00	898	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	924	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,122	25

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 Oct 22, 2019

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

Receipts 1,710Last week 425Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	332	150.00–151.00	150.44
40	—	373	146.00–150.00	148.84
65	—	559	133.00–138.00	134.22
76	—	468	138.00–145.00	140.39
110	—	525	130.00–142.00	135.67
148	—	727	149.50	149.50
161	—	432	136.00–152.50	145.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	651	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	539	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	176.00	176.00
15	—	283	201.00–206.00	203.21
51	—	392	170.00–181.00	174.55
64	—	889	147.25	147.25
70	—	432	160.00–173.00	166.74
76	—	528	150.50–152.50	151.69
216	—	479	154.00–168.00	164.79
387	—	580	149.00–159.00	154.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	652	141.75	141.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	591	137.00	137.00
25	—	831	135.00	135.00

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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