Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no sale. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.34/cwt on 1,294 head.

Average price

$157.34

1,294 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$16.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.57

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	157.75	1,062	1,262
Medium and Large 1-2	602	141.00	849	32

One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $213 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 sale1,294 hd

157.34

—

NE average7 barns · 6,223 hd

152.77

+4.57

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	—	916	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,246	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	921	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	181.20/cwt	181.00–182.00	585	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	847	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	966	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,196	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,057	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	169.53/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,063	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,055	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	849	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,239	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	230.74/cwt	229.00–232.00	766	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	190.19/cwt	184.00–195.50	1,012	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	763	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,133	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	177.37/cwt	173.00–180.00	736	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	156.91/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,039	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	146.09/cwt	142.25–148.00	1,267	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	196.39/cwt	195.00–201.00	864	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,323	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	957	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	164.49/cwt	163.00–172.50	801	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,226	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,167	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	156.91/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,280	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	204.38/cwt	192.00–208.50	938	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,464	118

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 Sep 14, 2021

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

Receipts 2,275Last week 600Year ago 340

No comparison to last week. Due to no sale. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	916	136.00	136.00
19	—	558	165.00	165.00
39	—	323	181.00–182.00	181.20
55	—	501	169.00	169.00
80	—	623	155.00	155.00
84	—	797	150.00	150.00
157	—	415	173.00–180.00	177.37
217	—	662	153.00–159.00	156.91
268	—	867	142.25–148.00	146.09
95	—	487	163.00–172.50	164.49
116	—	817	150.00	150.00
125	—	746	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	602	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	584	181.00	181.00
110	—	627	168.00–170.00	169.53
54	—	655	161.00	161.00
40	—	782	158.50	158.50
46	—	332	229.00–232.00	230.74
118	—	532	184.00–195.50	190.19
13	—	355	215.00	215.00
30	—	726	156.00	156.00
89	—	440	195.00–201.00	196.39
51	—	875	151.25	151.25
106	—	816	155.00–158.00	156.91
115	—	459	192.00–208.50	204.38
118	—	955	153.25	153.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	638	150.00	150.00

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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