Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.80/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$141.80

288 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.09

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	141.80	919	288

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 sale288 hd

141.80

—

NE average9 barns · 7,799 hd

139.71

+2.09

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

14 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	—	571	138.34/cwt	128.00–145.00	790	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	144.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	613	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	153.10/cwt	149.00–157.00	801	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	144.42/cwt	131.00–148.00	849	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	135.25/cwt	131.00–145.00	899	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	161.68/cwt	156.60–168.00	771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	149.84/cwt	142.00–156.00	685	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	566	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,004	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,129	73

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 Oct 27, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	571	128.00–145.00	138.34
26	—	423	140.00–150.00	144.84
23	—	457	142.00–156.00	149.84
15	—	364	155.50	155.50
7	—	659	125.00	125.00
5	—	631	125.00	125.00
99	—	707	142.00	142.00
73	—	808	139.75	139.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	523	149.00–157.00	153.10
24	—	588	131.00–148.00	144.42
22	—	665	131.00–145.00	135.25
17	—	477	156.60–168.00	161.68
6	—	423	169.00	169.00
6	—	356	180.00	180.00

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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