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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good, with a good selection offered, on a Special Anniversary Sale Saturday. Large crowd on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.40/cwt on 2,438 head.

Average price

$157.40

2,438 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$14.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	158.02	1,068	2,336
Medium and Large 1-2	784	143.27	1,123	102

One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale2,438 hd

157.40

—

NE average7 barns · 13,469 hd

158.81

−1.41

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

23 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	—	717	141.82/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,017	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	149.14/cwt	145.50–154.00	776	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	151.72/cwt	149.00–154.00	734	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	137.95/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,203	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	141.91/cwt	140.10–142.85	1,098	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,256	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	170.68/cwt	163.00–176.50	826	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	158.57/cwt	152.00–162.50	698	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	161.46/cwt	155.50–163.50	924	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	186.04/cwt	178.00–190.00	794	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	716	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	145.39/cwt	143.00–147.60	1,272	557
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	164.27/cwt	158.00–168.50	874	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	157.51/cwt	152.00–160.50	1,136	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	617	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	161.44/cwt	154.00–163.00	994	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	171.48/cwt	170.00–179.50	636	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	151.22/cwt	149.00–152.00	957	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	142.46/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,130	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,065	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	151.27/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,162	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	142.40/cwt	140.50–144.75	1,189	230

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

Sat Oct 3, 2020

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

Receipts 4,076Last week 1,785Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good, with a good selection offered, on a Special Anniversary Sale Saturday. Large crowd on hand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	717	139.00–143.00	141.82
157	—	520	145.50–154.00	149.14
180	—	484	149.00–154.00	151.72
311	—	872	133.00–140.00	137.95
339	—	774	140.10–142.85	141.91
53	—	937	134.00	134.00
143	—	440	152.00–162.50	158.57
66	—	371	170.00–179.50	171.48
138	—	633	149.00–152.00	151.22
10	—	340	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	484	163.00–176.50	170.68
204	—	572	155.50–163.50	161.46
220	—	427	178.00–190.00	186.04
12	—	398	180.00	180.00
557	—	875	143.00–147.60	145.39
350	—	532	158.00–168.50	164.27
95	—	721	152.00–160.50	157.51
14	—	315	196.00	196.00
158	—	616	154.00–163.00	161.44
309	—	768	149.00–155.00	151.27
230	—	835	140.50–144.75	142.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	793	139.00–143.50	142.46
11	—	710	150.00	150.00

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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