Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.30/cwt on 466 head.

Average price

$139.30

466 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	139.30	960	466

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 sale466 hd

139.30

—

NE average5 barns · 5,281 hd

132.39

+6.91

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

18 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	922	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	538	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	716	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	711	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	155.87/cwt	153.00–157.00	666	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	121.77/cwt	120.50–122.25	781	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	129.43/cwt	125.00–133.25	761	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,026	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	177.81/cwt	177.00–179.00	800	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	119.60/cwt	119.60–119.60	957	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	980	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	767	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	647	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.56/cwt	139.00–140.50	907	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	146.48/cwt	143.00–150.00	844	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	985	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	705	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	864	60

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 Apr 28, 2020

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 600Year ago 1,270

No comparison Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	732	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	996	103.00	103.00
62	—	450	177.00–179.00	177.81
83	—	800	119.60	119.60
87	—	645	152.00	152.00
8	—	511	150.00	150.00
13	—	336	192.50	192.50
27	—	650	139.00–140.50	139.56
36	—	576	143.00–150.00	146.48
39	—	706	139.50	139.50
43	—	773	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	328	164.00	164.00
18	—	549	130.50	130.50
35	—	474	150.00	150.00
53	—	427	153.00–157.00	155.87
55	—	641	120.50–122.25	121.77
71	—	588	125.00–133.25	129.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	705	122.50	122.50

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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