Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.33/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$178.33

763 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	178.33	1,005	763

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 sale763 hd

178.33

—

NE average11 barns · 17,463 hd

173.27

+5.06

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

23 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	—	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,013	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	149.42/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,337	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	182.11/cwt	178.00–186.00	586	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	146.81/cwt	143.50–151.00	752	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	168.64/cwt	161.00–173.00	973	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	157.01/cwt	156.00–158.00	970	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,272	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	178.01/cwt	170.50–182.00	931	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	158.91/cwt	153.00–171.00	774	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	215.99/cwt	215.00–217.00	747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,307	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,071	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	220.45/cwt	201.00–225.00	798	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,063	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	186.82/cwt	184.00–189.00	891	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	143.85/cwt	135.00–150.50	876	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,142	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,254	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	173.34/cwt	164.00–178.00	751	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	735	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	198.36/cwt	186.00–201.00	867	126

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 Oct 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,600Last week 2,828Year ago 525

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	140.00	140.00
13	—	675	150.00	150.00
13	—	938	141.00	141.00
34	—	895	146.00–150.00	149.42
50	—	322	178.00–186.00	182.11
52	—	512	143.50–151.00	146.81
108	—	487	153.00–171.00	158.91
61	—	609	135.00–150.50	143.85
61	—	730	156.50	156.50
139	—	795	157.75	157.75
147	—	433	164.00–178.00	173.34
59	—	375	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	754	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	577	161.00–173.00	168.64
94	—	618	156.00–158.00	157.01
135	—	748	170.00	170.00
181	—	523	170.50–182.00	178.01
16	—	346	215.00–217.00	215.99
8	—	914	143.00	143.00
35	—	665	161.00	161.00
34	—	362	201.00–225.00	220.45
45	—	477	184.00–189.00	186.82
126	—	437	186.00–201.00	198.36

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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