Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to the weather last week, no sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.53/cwt on 1,128 head.

Average price

$148.53

1,128 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$15.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	148.78	1,045	1,110
Medium and Large 1-2	685	133.47	914	18thin

One grade step is worth $15.31/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,128 hd

148.53

—

NE average9 barns · 18,349 hd

155.97

−7.43

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

24 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	—	956	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	173.51/cwt	171.00–175.00	682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	162.48/cwt	159.50–167.00	769	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.37/cwt	144.00–149.50	761	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	139.34/cwt	138.75–140.00	811	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	177.22/cwt	174.00–178.50	934	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	156.95/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,003	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	134.90/cwt	133.25–136.25	1,101	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	140.31/cwt	138.50–143.00	1,030	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	201.77/cwt	195.00–204.00	860	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	136.60/cwt	131.00–138.50	831	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	131.58/cwt	131.25–131.75	1,145	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	162.50/cwt	161.00–167.00	949	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	148.21/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,005	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	131.88/cwt	125.25–132.25	957	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	123.84/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,076	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	126.74/cwt	125.25–128.50	985	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	141.66/cwt	138.50–143.25	1,062	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,938	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	957.26/cwt	935.00–975.00	6,509	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	143.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	881	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	983	5

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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Receipts 2,175Last week 2,720Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to the weather last week, no sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	116.00	116.00
14	—	670	131.25	131.25
19	—	393	171.00–175.00	173.51
34	—	473	159.50–167.00	162.48
37	—	520	144.00–149.50	146.37
67	—	582	138.75–140.00	139.34
106	—	608	131.00–138.50	136.60
135	—	726	125.25–132.25	131.88
161	—	869	123.00–124.00	123.84
238	—	777	125.25–128.50	126.74
69	—	756	1,050.00	1,050.00
151	—	680	935.00–975.00	957.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	826	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	527	174.00–178.50	177.22
187	—	639	153.00–160.00	156.95
217	—	816	133.25–136.25	134.90
219	—	734	138.50–143.00	140.31
31	—	426	195.00–204.00	201.77
71	—	870	131.25–131.75	131.58
80	—	584	161.00–167.00	162.50
88	—	678	145.00–148.50	148.21
121	—	750	138.50–143.25	141.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	774	121.00	121.00
10	—	614	140.00–147.00	143.45

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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