Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 700 lbs were 4.00 lower, heifers under 650 was steady - 7.00 higher and over 650 were 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.15/cwt on 1,458 head.

Average price

$154.15

1,458 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.79

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	154.22	1,120	1,446
Medium and Large 1-2	800	146.00	1,168	12thin

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale1,458 hd

154.15

—

NE average12 barns · 27,676 hd

164.94

−10.79

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

21 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	—	756	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,028	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	569	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	163.79/cwt	160.00–171.00	714	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.53/cwt	140.00–143.25	891	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	149.98/cwt	141.50–156.00	853	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.58/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,007	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	154.77/cwt	145.50–155.75	1,329	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	147.41/cwt	145.50–151.75	1,079	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	184.31/cwt	181.00–187.00	896	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	827	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	158.25/cwt	153.50–170.00	929	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	153.76/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,053	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	151.82/cwt	147.75–156.25	1,172	430
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,168	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	144.05/cwt	141.50–146.50	990	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	142.28/cwt	135.00–142.60	1,140	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	141.50/cwt	138.00–144.10	1,012	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	673	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	910	16

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 Jan 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,500Last week 1,275Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers 700 lbs were 4.00 lower, heifers under 650 was steady - 7.00 higher and over 650 were 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	756	136.00	136.00
11	—	372	153.00	153.00
11	—	510	158.50	158.50
56	—	436	160.00–171.00	163.79
82	—	625	140.00–143.25	142.53
167	—	569	141.50–156.00	149.98
195	—	687	141.50–146.50	144.05
219	—	801	135.00–142.60	142.28
227	—	715	138.00–144.10	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	590	137.50	137.50
9	—	446	151.00	151.00
16	—	697	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	623	159.00–168.00	161.58
209	—	859	145.50–155.75	154.77
227	—	732	145.50–151.75	147.41
18	—	486	181.00–187.00	184.31
20	—	447	185.00	185.00
73	—	587	153.50–170.00	158.25
312	—	685	147.00–157.00	153.76
430	—	772	147.75–156.25	151.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	800	146.00	146.00

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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