Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

7TH Annual Anniversary Special Yearling And Calf sale. Not enough last sale to show a comparison. Demand was good today on a good selection of livestock offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.06/cwt on 1,586 head.

Average price

$176.06

1,586 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

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

$7.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

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	457	183.64	839	50
Medium and Large 1	664	175.81	1,168	1,536

One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale1,586 hd

176.06

—

NE average10 barns · 14,088 hd

172.26

+3.79

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

28 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	—	963	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	179.31/cwt	174.00–188.00	579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	171.50/cwt	170.00–174.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	865	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,332	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	159.14/cwt	156.00–163.00	775	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,323	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	175.27/cwt	171.00–180.00	941	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	719	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	152.65/cwt	149.25–153.85	1,389	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,312	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	191.19/cwt	185.00–196.00	857	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	975	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	150.71/cwt	148.25–153.25	1,478	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	162.57/cwt	161.50–165.35	1,370	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,107	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	175.52/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,020	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	171.32/cwt	169.50–173.50	1,062	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	157.64/cwt	153.00–165.00	826	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,305	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	208.67/cwt	200.00–216.00	783	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	743	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	152.45/cwt	144.00–157.00	866	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	163.03/cwt	160.00–166.00	695	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	154.04/cwt	152.50–155.25	1,195	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	155.16/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,261	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	197.83/cwt	191.00–205.00	952	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	181.47/cwt	179.00–184.00	867	38

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

Sat Oct 9, 2021

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

Receipts 2,828Last week 425Year ago 0

7TH Annual Anniversary Special Yearling And Calf sale. Not enough last sale to show a comparison. Demand was good today on a good selection of livestock offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	963	146.50	146.50
15	—	323	174.00–188.00	179.31
16	—	379	170.00–174.00	171.50
19	—	616	140.50	140.50
22	—	906	147.00	147.00
154	—	487	156.00–163.00	159.14
204	—	524	153.00–165.00	157.64
64	—	870	150.00	150.00
116	—	568	144.00–157.00	152.45
86	—	426	160.00–166.00	163.03
109	—	776	152.50–155.25	154.04
297	—	813	150.50–156.00	155.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	862	153.50	153.50
127	—	537	171.00–180.00	175.27
32	—	330	218.00	218.00
214	—	910	149.25–153.85	152.65
34	—	793	165.50	165.50
41	—	448	185.00–196.00	191.19
223	—	981	148.25–153.25	150.71
114	—	843	161.50–165.35	162.57
14	—	669	165.50	165.50
52	—	581	174.00–176.00	175.52
198	—	620	169.50–173.50	171.32
157	—	375	200.00–216.00	208.67
272	—	481	191.00–205.00	197.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	505	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	390	190.50	190.50
38	—	478	179.00–184.00	181.47

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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