Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Large crowd with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.83/cwt on 1,358 head.

Average price

$157.83

1,358 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$3.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	158.08	1,053	1,271
Medium and Large 1-2	623	154.09	959	87

One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about $94 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 sale1,358 hd

157.83

—

NE average9 barns · 14,895 hd

154.95

+2.88

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

27 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	—	385	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,145	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	142.73/cwt	136.00–146.00	796	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	131.51/cwt	128.50–138.00	967	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	179.53/cwt	174.00–185.00	745	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	134.20/cwt	127.50–141.00	914	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	159.59/cwt	157.50–162.00	828	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	158.68/cwt	155.00–162.00	936	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	789	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	184.57/cwt	173.00–192.00	890	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	133.21/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,144	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	981	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	141.12/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,094	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	179.95/cwt	175.00–186.00	945	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	176.35/cwt	165.00–180.50	996	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	201.49/cwt	191.00–205.00	820	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	155.25/cwt	147.00–159.50	967	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,145	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	156.72/cwt	156.00–160.00	768	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	156.87/cwt	151.00–164.00	830	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	156.25/cwt	150.25–161.00	1,044	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.63/cwt	132.50–138.75	841	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	124.79/cwt	124.75–125.00	977	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	149.44/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,063	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

Tue Mar 9, 2021

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

Receipts 2,725Last week 1,415Year ago 2,855

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Large crowd with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	385	172.50	172.50
14	—	1,041	110.00	110.00
49	—	558	136.00–146.00	142.73
97	—	735	128.50–138.00	131.51
118	—	415	174.00–185.00	179.53
119	—	681	127.50–141.00	134.20
158	—	490	156.00–160.00	156.72
165	—	529	151.00–164.00	156.87
169	—	620	132.50–138.75	135.63
182	—	783	124.75–125.00	124.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	515	146.00	146.00
9	—	428	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	665	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,090	99.00	99.00
15	—	519	157.50–162.00	159.59
51	—	590	155.00–162.00	158.68
10	—	431	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	482	173.00–192.00	184.57
100	—	859	131.00–135.00	133.21
238	—	775	130.00–145.00	141.12
103	—	525	175.00–186.00	179.95
130	—	565	165.00–180.50	176.35
66	—	407	191.00–205.00	201.49
32	—	623	147.00–159.50	155.25
46	—	812	141.00	141.00
238	—	668	150.25–161.00	156.25
230	—	711	140.00–151.00	149.44

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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