Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison do to no sale lately. Demand was good on all offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.58/cwt on 631 head.

Average price

$145.58

631 head · 745 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$307

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

$14.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

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	493	159.86	787	21
Medium and Large 1	754	145.09	1,094	610

One grade step is worth $14.77/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale631 hd

145.58

—

NE average4 barns · 4,580 hd

144.16

+1.42

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

21 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 1	—	938	124.10/cwt	124.10–124.10	1,164	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	162.71/cwt	162.00–163.00	903	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,064	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	776	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	119.25/cwt	115.25–120.25	974	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	124.81/cwt	124.75–125.00	944	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	759	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	147.81/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,085	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	134.77/cwt	130.75–135.10	1,128	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,133	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	766	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	890	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,023	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	132.55/cwt	132.50–133.00	807	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	165.96/cwt	165.50–166.50	715	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	172.80/cwt	163.00–175.00	639	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	882	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	732	9

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 Jun 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,350Last week 0Year ago 655

No comparison do to no sale lately. Demand was good on all offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	938	124.10	124.10
24	—	555	162.00–163.00	162.71
19	—	784	135.75	135.75
18	—	417	186.00	186.00
10	—	659	150.00	150.00
199	—	734	146.00–152.00	147.81
141	—	837	130.75–135.10	134.77
61	—	855	132.50	132.50
30	—	389	197.00	197.00
27	—	510	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	460	165.00	165.00
6	—	693	123.00	123.00
6	—	341	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	817	115.25–120.25	119.25
87	—	756	124.75–125.00	124.81
81	—	851	120.25	120.25
50	—	609	132.50–133.00	132.55
46	—	431	165.50–166.50	165.96
28	—	370	163.00–175.00	172.80
9	—	661	133.50	133.50
9	—	472	155.00	155.00

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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