Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

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 $154.80/cwt on 320 head.

Average price

$154.80

320 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.19

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	751	154.80	1,162	320

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 sale320 hd

154.80

—

NE average8 barns · 6,980 hd

152.61

+2.19

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

13 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	—	369	183.37/cwt	181.00–185.00	677	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	793	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	139.30/cwt	137.00–140.50	1,220	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	152.66/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,056	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,124	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	154.53/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,281	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,122	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	195.21/cwt	194.00–196.50	929	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	599	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,045	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	165.68/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,307	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	800	13

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 Aug 31, 2021

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

Receipts 600Last week 525Year 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
12	—	369	181.00–185.00	183.37
23	—	453	175.00	175.00
34	—	876	137.00–140.50	139.30
44	—	692	150.00–153.00	152.66
70	—	736	152.00–153.00	152.67
137	—	829	153.00–156.00	154.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	634	177.00	177.00
42	—	476	194.00–196.50	195.21
50	—	599	174.50	174.50
119	—	789	164.00–167.50	165.68
5	—	418	195.00	195.00
6	—	810	163.00	163.00
13	—	379	211.00	211.00

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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