Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

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 $146.65/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$146.65

301 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$1.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	146.71	974	291
Medium and Large 1-2	492	144.75	712	10thin

One grade step is worth $1.96/cwt here — about $262 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 sale301 hd

146.65

—

NE average4 barns · 4,919 hd

147.34

−0.69

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	—	655	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	797	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	742	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,051	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,074	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	892	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	889	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	162.81/cwt	155.00–166.00	783	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	492	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	712	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	869	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	979	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	786	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	448	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	838	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	167.44/cwt	165.00–171.00	866	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	931	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	157.84/cwt	152.00–160.50	912	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.

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Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Dec 3, 2019

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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
6	—	655	137.00	137.00
7	—	565	141.00	141.00
8	—	368	152.00	152.00
10	—	519	143.00	143.00
23	—	720	146.00	146.00
158	—	751	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	145.50	145.50
9	—	609	146.50	146.50
30	—	585	152.00	152.00
34	—	481	155.00–166.00	162.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	492	144.75	144.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	182.00	182.00
12	—	550	158.00	158.00
20	—	668	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	172.00	172.00
14	—	448	187.00	187.00
15	—	517	165.00–171.00	167.44
15	—	631	147.50	147.50
25	—	578	152.00–160.50	157.84

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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