Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with good offering of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.36/cwt on 796 head.

Average price

$154.36

796 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$13.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	156.05	1,054	694
Medium and Large 1-2	715	142.84	1,022	102

One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $32 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 sale796 hd

154.36

—

NE average3 barns · 2,171 hd

148.81

+5.54

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	—	712	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	181.27/cwt	172.00–186.00	662	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	972	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.47/cwt	153.00–166.00	750	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	142.59/cwt	141.00–150.50	840	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	133.35/cwt	130.00–133.75	903	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,000	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	156.35/cwt	146.00–158.25	1,105	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,140	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	141.02/cwt	139.00–143.00	956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	143.12/cwt	143.00–144.75	1,038	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	181.67/cwt	181.00–183.00	865	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,043	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	128.08/cwt	120.00–129.00	972	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	164.79/cwt	160.00–166.00	849	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	955	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	140.34/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,099	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	827	5

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,565Last week 2,855Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with good offering of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	132.50	132.50
16	—	365	172.00–186.00	181.27
42	—	803	121.00	121.00
76	—	473	153.00–166.00	158.47
109	—	589	141.00–150.50	142.59
120	—	677	130.00–133.75	133.35
160	—	759	120.00–129.00	128.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	621	161.00	161.00
175	—	707	146.00–158.25	156.35
6	—	352	220.00	220.00
31	—	832	137.00	137.00
63	—	476	181.00–183.00	181.67
71	—	654	159.50	159.50
35	—	515	160.00–166.00	164.79
38	—	572	167.00	167.00
192	—	783	137.00–141.00	140.34
5	—	420	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	139.00–143.00	141.02
85	—	725	143.00–144.75	143.12
5	—	641	142.50	142.50

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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