Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.17/cwt on 626 head.

Average price

$139.17

626 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

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

$1.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	140.94	803	16thin
Medium and Large 1	669	139.12	931	610

One grade step is worth $1.81/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 sale626 hd

139.17

—

NE average8 barns · 10,426 hd

148.85

−9.68

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	—	916	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,026	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	144.02/cwt	139.00–145.00	874	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	129.75/cwt	127.25–130.10	965	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	127.10/cwt	127.10–127.10	981	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.06/cwt	152.00–160.50	835	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	992	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,123	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	141.11/cwt	135.00–142.00	998	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	988	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	828	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	865	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	901	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	890	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	994.28/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	7,159	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	671	1,054.01/cwt	1,050.00–1,060.00	7,072	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	771	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	8,751	157

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 1,474Last week 1,911Year 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
10	—	916	112.00	112.00
18	—	688	136.00	136.00
119	—	607	139.00–145.00	144.02
147	—	744	127.25–130.10	129.75
157	—	772	127.10	127.10
159	—	528	152.00–160.50	158.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	501	150.00	150.00
10	—	611	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	720	975.00–1,000.00	994.28
150	—	671	1,050.00–1,060.00	1,054.01
157	—	771	1,135.00	1,135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	670	148.00	148.00
48	—	864	130.00	130.00
93	—	707	135.00–142.00	141.11
126	—	581	170.00	170.00
24	—	465	186.00	186.00
29	—	518	174.00	174.00
8	—	944	118.75	118.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	153.00	153.00
22	—	630	141.25	141.25

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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