Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

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 $147.39/cwt on 1,602 head.

Average price

$147.39

1,602 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	147.39	877	1,602

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,602 hd

147.39

—

NE average8 barns · 10,259 hd

145.80

+1.59

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

25 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	—	682	131.49/cwt	127.00–135.00	897	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	206.83/cwt	199.00–208.00	695	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	753	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	780	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	139.74/cwt	134.00–146.00	872	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	179.51/cwt	179.00–180.00	686	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	165.16/cwt	164.00–166.00	854	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	902	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	184.63/cwt	182.00–193.00	796	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	140.21/cwt	138.75–140.50	984	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,065	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	210.15/cwt	201.00–212.50	889	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	126.88/cwt	124.85–129.50	1,032	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	944	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	679	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	168.67/cwt	168.50–169.00	945	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	812	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	171.33/cwt	167.00–180.00	906	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	159.62/cwt	153.50–162.00	777	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	121.77/cwt	120.00–122.00	955	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	128.38/cwt	124.50–130.00	953	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	142.71/cwt	138.25–147.00	842	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	765	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	156.26/cwt	150.50–160.50	964	89

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 Mar 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,855Last week 1,474Year ago 0

No comparison to last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	682	127.00–135.00	131.49
92	—	336	199.00–208.00	206.83
101	—	414	182.00	182.00
107	—	534	146.00	146.00
107	—	624	134.00–146.00	139.74
112	—	382	179.00–180.00	179.51
147	—	487	153.50–162.00	159.62
162	—	784	120.00–122.00	121.77
357	—	742	124.50–130.00	128.38
372	—	590	138.25–147.00	142.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	517	164.00–166.00	165.16
23	—	431	182.00–193.00	184.63
16	—	328	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	466	193.50	193.50
96	—	702	138.75–140.50	140.21
120	—	895	119.00	119.00
134	—	423	201.00–212.50	210.15
289	—	813	124.85–129.50	126.88
28	—	651	145.00	145.00
50	—	910	120.00	120.00
62	—	560	168.50–169.00	168.67
68	—	334	243.00	243.00
74	—	529	167.00–180.00	171.33
31	—	367	208.50	208.50
89	—	617	150.50–160.50	156.26

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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