Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

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 $161.55/cwt on 1,049 head.

Average price

$161.55

1,049 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$8.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	162.04	982	991
Medium and Large 1-2	558	153.16	854	58

One grade step is worth $8.88/cwt here — about $128 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 sale1,049 hd

161.55

—

NE average11 barns · 19,718 hd

166.80

−5.25

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

37 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	—	401	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,081	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	832	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	595	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	142.44/cwt	142.00–143.50	719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,213	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,114	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	151.08/cwt	146.00–157.00	730	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	141.18/cwt	138.00–144.00	815	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,083	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	808	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	307	175.58/cwt	173.00–182.00	539	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	163.59/cwt	160.50–167.00	605	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	147.22/cwt	145.50–148.00	760	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	153.69/cwt	151.00–155.00	655	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	137.40/cwt	134.50–139.00	774	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	155.51/cwt	143.00–160.00	732	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,012	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	169.27/cwt	169.00–169.50	833	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,033	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	151.04/cwt	149.25–153.00	927	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	165.40/cwt	165.00–167.50	847	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,249	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	760	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	155.86/cwt	155.50–156.00	1,121	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	158.36/cwt	157.35–161.25	1,243	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	338	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	178.32/cwt	177.00–179.00	765	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	187.76/cwt	178.50–196.50	698	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	161.17/cwt	154.00–163.50	836	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	148.24/cwt	145.25–151.00	910	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	173.99/cwt	169.00–177.00	830	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	903	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	800	18

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 Nov 12, 2019

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

Receipts 1,880Last week 1,710Year 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
9	—	401	158.00	158.00
12	—	828	130.50	130.50
16	—	603	138.00	138.00
17	—	356	167.00	167.00
17	—	505	142.00–143.50	142.44
21	—	892	136.00	136.00
22	—	758	147.00	147.00
44	—	483	146.00–157.00	151.08
87	—	577	138.00–144.00	141.18
92	—	714	151.75	151.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	605	133.50	133.50
18	—	307	173.00–182.00	175.58
22	—	370	160.50–167.00	163.59
44	—	516	145.50–148.00	147.22
64	—	426	151.00–155.00	153.69
118	—	563	134.50–139.00	137.40
126	—	471	143.00–160.00	155.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	713	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	492	169.00–169.50	169.27
30	—	684	151.00	151.00
37	—	614	149.25–153.00	151.04
44	—	512	165.00–167.50	165.40
48	—	807	154.75	154.75
54	—	412	184.50	184.50
73	—	719	155.50–156.00	155.86
204	—	785	157.35–161.25	158.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	201.00	201.00
7	—	674	140.00	140.00
10	—	555	160.00	160.00
21	—	429	177.00–179.00	178.32
25	—	372	178.50–196.50	187.76
133	—	519	154.00–163.50	161.17
133	—	614	145.25–151.00	148.24
141	—	477	169.00–177.00	173.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	447	171.50	171.50
28	—	644	140.25	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	497	161.00	161.00

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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