Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.. Demand was good on offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.76/cwt on 847 head.

Average price

$154.76

847 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$3.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.79

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	154.80	1,037	838
Medium and Large 1-2	523	151.00	790	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.80/cwt here — about $247 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 sale847 hd

154.76

—

NE average11 barns · 15,145 hd

166.54

−11.79

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

25 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	—	899	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,178	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	587	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	131.20/cwt	131.20–131.20	1,304	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.66/cwt	146.00–157.00	724	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	824	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	196.13/cwt	192.00–205.00	730	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,112	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	790	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	184.59/cwt	178.00–195.00	768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	145.36/cwt	141.00–155.50	901	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,328	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,095	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	169.30/cwt	161.00–176.00	809	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	160.13/cwt	158.00–163.00	834	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	144.05/cwt	143.25–145.50	1,037	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,183	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	143.23/cwt	140.00–147.50	818	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	146.10/cwt	142.50–151.00	768	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	147.99/cwt	141.00–151.50	869	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	158.21/cwt	155.00–160.00	691	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	147.40/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,229	250

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 Nov 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,500Last week 525Year ago 1,880

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.. Demand was good on offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	899	135.00	135.00
11	—	339	160.00	160.00
14	—	920	128.00	128.00
21	—	367	160.00	160.00
21	—	994	131.20	131.20
50	—	468	146.00–157.00	154.66
50	—	606	136.00	136.00
62	—	771	142.00	142.00
101	—	720	143.25–145.50	144.05
55	—	571	140.00–147.50	143.23
89	—	526	142.50–151.00	146.10
77	—	437	155.00–160.00	158.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	440	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	207.00	207.00
60	—	372	192.00–205.00	196.13
75	—	727	153.00	153.00
20	—	416	178.00–195.00	184.59
125	—	620	141.00–155.50	145.36
55	—	978	135.75	135.75
62	—	478	161.00–176.00	169.30
97	—	521	158.00–163.00	160.13
13	—	798	148.25	148.25
75	—	587	141.00–151.50	147.99
250	—	834	147.00–148.50	147.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	151.00	151.00

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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