Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.92/cwt on 237 head.

Average price

$184.92

237 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$14.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	185.28	932	231
Medium and Large 1-2	433	171.00	740	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $191 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 sale237 hd

184.92

—

NE average6 barns · 7,674 hd

164.18

+20.74

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

9 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	191.96/cwt	183.50–199.00	912	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	178.80/cwt	178.50–180.00	953	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	176.17/cwt	175.00–176.50	1,020	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	195.22/cwt	187.00–201.00	752	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	154.91/cwt	150.00–158.50	795	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	164.14/cwt	150.00–166.50	776	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	179.39/cwt	177.00–185.00	691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	170.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	718	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.

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Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Sep 28, 2021

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

Receipts 425Last week 2,275Year ago 4,076

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	475	183.50–199.00	191.96
63	—	533	178.50–180.00	178.80
51	—	579	175.00–176.50	176.17
28	—	385	187.00–201.00	195.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	513	150.00–158.50	154.91
35	—	473	150.00–166.50	164.14
16	—	385	177.00–185.00	179.39
13	—	420	165.00–175.00	170.98

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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