Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.34/cwt on 1,977 head.

Average price

$145.34

1,977 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.61

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	737	145.34	1,071	1,977

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 sale1,977 hd

145.34

—

NE average12 barns · 32,059 hd

152.96

−7.61

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	149.06/cwt	140.25–154.50	921	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	183.67/cwt	177.00–185.00	900	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	160.74/cwt	151.50–167.00	908	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	206.54/cwt	203.00–207.00	845	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	167.82/cwt	164.00–171.00	884	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	137.37/cwt	132.00–140.60	1,129	498
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	140.41/cwt	135.00–143.25	1,094	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	143.57/cwt	137.00–147.50	1,025	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	132.18/cwt	128.25–132.85	1,244	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	144.11/cwt	140.00–146.25	977	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,028	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	776	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	147.87/cwt	147.00–151.00	791	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	139.66/cwt	134.00–145.00	820	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	679	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	128.28/cwt	125.00–130.75	927	408
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	126.73/cwt	124.00–128.00	969	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	133.60/cwt	130.50–136.00	842	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	128.26/cwt	124.00–128.85	1,094	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	131.78/cwt	128.00–135.50	888	130

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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Receipts 3,670Last week 1,365Year ago 2,500

No comparison to last week, demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	618	140.25–154.50	149.06
93	—	490	177.00–185.00	183.67
58	—	565	151.50–167.00	160.74
44	—	409	203.00–207.00	206.54
41	—	527	164.00–171.00	167.82
498	—	822	132.00–140.60	137.37
443	—	779	135.00–143.25	140.41
299	—	714	137.00–147.50	143.57
150	—	941	128.25–132.85	132.18
10	—	888	130.00	130.00
215	—	678	140.00–146.25	144.11
12	—	369	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	829	124.00	124.00
5	—	441	151.00	151.00
98	—	459	169.00	169.00
89	—	535	147.00–151.00	147.87
64	—	587	134.00–145.00	139.66
33	—	390	174.00	174.00
408	—	723	125.00–130.75	128.28
378	—	765	124.00–128.00	126.73
202	—	630	130.50–136.00	133.60
158	—	853	124.00–128.85	128.26
130	—	674	128.00–135.50	131.78

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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