Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.07/cwt on 1,123 head.

Average price

$141.07

1,123 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$333

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

$26.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	401	167.00	670	24
Medium and Large 1	714	140.50	1,003	1,099

One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about −$333 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 sale1,123 hd

141.07

—

NE average4 barns · 6,111 hd

146.91

−5.83

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

32 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	164.90/cwt	158.00–169.00	782	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	799	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	777	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	179.34/cwt	178.00–181.00	662	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	988	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	133.85/cwt	130.50–135.75	1,035	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	304	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	204.72/cwt	204.00–205.00	796	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	131.42/cwt	130.85–131.75	1,080	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	381	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,017	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,133	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	188.26/cwt	185.00–195.00	907	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	694	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	152.49/cwt	151.25–157.00	875	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,144	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,049	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,131	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	138.10/cwt	138.10–138.10	1,264	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,126	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	136.78/cwt	130.00–139.10	1,015	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,189	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,058	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	905	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	549	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	794	32

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 Apr 6, 2021

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

Receipts 1,800Last week 2,725Year ago 500

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	474	158.00–169.00	164.90
26	—	444	180.00	180.00
40	—	501	155.00	155.00
54	—	369	178.00–181.00	179.34
59	—	686	144.00	144.00
368	—	773	130.50–135.75	133.85
204	—	822	130.85–131.75	131.42
60	—	574	151.25–157.00	152.49
253	—	742	130.00–139.10	136.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	159.00	159.00
6	—	653	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	401	167.00	167.00
7	—	273	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	304	235.00	235.00
14	—	381	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	389	204.00–205.00	204.72
8	—	598	170.00	170.00
46	—	750	151.00	151.00
64	—	482	185.00–195.00	188.26
9	—	527	181.00	181.00
19	—	731	156.50	156.50
57	—	619	169.50	169.50
139	—	654	173.00	173.00
31	—	915	138.10	138.10
39	—	807	139.50	139.50
69	—	887	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	139.00	139.00
11	—	549	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	674	157.00	157.00
27	—	547	165.50	165.50
32	—	401	198.00	198.00

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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