Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.71/cwt on 956 head.

Average price

$130.71

956 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.51

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	130.71	942	956

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 sale956 hd

130.71

—

NE average7 barns · 4,862 hd

138.22

−7.51

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

16 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	—	494	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	135.82/cwt	133.00–138.00	852	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	147.36/cwt	146.50–148.00	769	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	120.10/cwt	120.10–120.10	1,040	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	129.56/cwt	125.00–136.00	880	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	986	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,056	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	177.15/cwt	159.00–185.00	841	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	166.90/cwt	163.00–168.50	941	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	130.60/cwt	130.60–130.60	1,115	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	126.83/cwt	125.75–127.10	984	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	128.93/cwt	128.00–131.00	935	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.25/cwt	152.00–165.00	992	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	819	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	75

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 May 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,645Last week 640Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	152.50	152.50
27	—	627	133.00–138.00	135.82
33	—	425	180.00	180.00
37	—	522	146.50–148.00	147.36
53	—	866	120.10	120.10
138	—	679	125.00–136.00	129.56
326	—	776	125.75–127.10	126.83
333	—	725	128.00–131.00	128.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	753	131.00	131.00
54	—	732	144.25	144.25
72	—	475	159.00–185.00	177.15
100	—	564	163.00–168.50	166.90
114	—	854	130.60	130.60
172	—	619	152.00–165.00	160.25
15	—	422	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	685	140.00	140.00

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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