Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good for all offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.01/cwt on 1,156 head.

Average price

$150.01

1,156 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$9.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	150.35	1,038	1,114
Medium and Large 1-2	616	141.00	868	42

One grade step is worth $9.35/cwt here — about $170 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 sale1,156 hd

150.01

—

NE average8 barns · 12,423 hd

157.93

−7.92

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	—	338	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	769	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	901	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	141.01/cwt	135.50–143.25	887	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	156.12/cwt	146.00–158.00	823	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	152.64/cwt	150.50–159.00	978	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	138.66/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,127	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	153.32/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,017	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	786	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	928	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	139.63/cwt	130.50–140.25	1,064	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	178.16/cwt	171.50–179.50	1,003	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	135.88/cwt	130.50–140.00	921	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	964	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	130.74/cwt	130.00–131.25	988	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	171.05/cwt	163.00–177.00	864	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	186.80/cwt	184.00–193.00	872	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	138.28/cwt	135.50–140.00	1,012	247

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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Receipts 1,911Last week 2,495Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good for all offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	170.00	170.00
7	—	416	168.50	168.50
16	—	455	169.00	169.00
57	—	587	153.50	153.50
64	—	629	135.50–143.25	141.01
108	—	527	146.00–158.00	156.12
111	—	678	130.50–140.00	135.88
123	—	749	128.75	128.75
165	—	756	130.00–131.25	130.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	641	150.50–159.00	152.64
210	—	813	131.00–140.00	138.66
288	—	663	145.00–157.00	153.32
7	—	413	209.00	209.00
79	—	762	130.50–140.25	139.63
105	—	563	171.50–179.50	178.16
21	—	505	163.00–177.00	171.05
38	—	467	184.00–193.00	186.80
247	—	732	135.50–140.00	138.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	517	152.00	152.00
21	—	714	130.00	130.00

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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