Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher. Heifers weighing 650 lbs was 4.00 lower. Demand was good on all offered with crowd and internet bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.65/cwt on 1,278 head.

Average price

$170.65

1,278 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$4.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	170.73	1,098	1,255
Medium and Large 1-2	580	166.50	966	23

One grade step is worth $4.23/cwt here — about $132 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 sale1,278 hd

170.65

—

NE average9 barns · 17,715 hd

169.62

+1.03

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

24 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	—	370	170.30/cwt	170.00–171.00	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	165.50/cwt	161.00–168.00	784	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	170.41/cwt	164.00–175.00	741	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	142.40/cwt	134.00–144.25	1,099	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	156.30/cwt	150.00–167.00	913	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	161.77/cwt	156.00–167.00	856	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	208.37/cwt	200.00–219.00	798	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,188	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,051	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	201.23/cwt	199.00–204.00	899	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	196.73/cwt	190.00–200.00	925	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	194.98/cwt	191.50–197.00	1,047	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,238	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	163.15/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,026	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	154.58/cwt	152.25–158.00	1,111	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	146.36/cwt	143.50–148.50	918	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	140.46/cwt	140.00–141.00	923	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	858	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,009	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	184.28/cwt	181.00–190.50	1,050	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	966	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	784	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,235	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	665	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,144	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	707	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,152	144

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 2,495Last week 2,500Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher. Heifers weighing 650 lbs was 4.00 lower. Demand was good on all offered with crowd and internet bidding.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	370	170.00–171.00	170.30
16	—	474	161.00–168.00	165.50
85	—	435	164.00–175.00	170.41
118	—	772	134.00–144.25	142.40
146	—	584	150.00–167.00	156.30
182	—	529	156.00–167.00	161.77
119	—	627	143.50–148.50	146.36
246	—	657	140.00–141.00	140.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	592	145.00	145.00
15	—	730	138.25	138.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	383	200.00–219.00	208.37
29	—	797	149.00	149.00
40	—	665	158.00	158.00
56	—	447	199.00–204.00	201.23
56	—	470	190.00–200.00	196.73
57	—	537	191.50–197.00	194.98
73	—	842	147.00	147.00
170	—	629	161.00–165.00	163.15
185	—	719	152.25–158.00	154.58
274	—	570	181.00–190.50	184.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	580	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	784	157.50	157.50
79	—	665	172.00	172.00
144	—	707	163.00	163.00

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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