Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a market trend is not applicable. However as sharply higher undertone was noted on all weights on hand. Demand was good with several buyers in attendance and bidding was active from the internet. Bulk of the sale was longtime weaned calves with some bawlers in the mix with majority selling in light flesh. Next week will be a regular sale with Special calf and feeder sale on Jan 4, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.93/cwt on 1,057 head.

Average price

$184.93

1,057 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$12.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	185.07	1,051	1,045
Medium and Large 1-2	502	172.33	865	12thin

One grade step is worth $12.74/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,057 hd

184.93

—

NE average10 barns · 15,694 hd

182.57

+2.36

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

33 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	—	707	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,039	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	179.19/cwt	175.50–182.50	736	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	148.97/cwt	145.00–152.50	936	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,342	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	182.79/cwt	181.50–186.00	707	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	160.59/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,061	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,017	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	808	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	172.28/cwt	160.50–175.00	1,234	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	192.57/cwt	189.00–195.00	971	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	918	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	281	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,686	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	613	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,110	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	163.89/cwt	161.00–166.00	882	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	501	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	782	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	170.34/cwt	166.00–178.00	893	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	207.84/cwt	196.00–213.00	950	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	162.73/cwt	160.00–166.50	788	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	224.27/cwt	215.00–228.00	722	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	209.50/cwt	209.00–210.00	901	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	186.46/cwt	180.50–189.00	1,076	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	179.59/cwt	179.00–180.00	857	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	144.88/cwt	144.50–145.00	911	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	150.24/cwt	148.00–156.00	879	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	943	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	167.77/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,054	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	816	5

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 Dec 14, 2021

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

Receipts 1,784Last week 1,100Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	147.00	147.00
8	—	314	182.00	182.00
45	—	411	175.50–182.50	179.19
51	—	628	145.00–152.50	148.97
53	—	860	156.00	156.00
55	—	387	181.50–186.00	182.79
73	—	538	161.00–166.00	163.89
62	—	477	179.00–180.00	179.59
91	—	585	148.00–156.00	150.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	550	145.00	145.00
32	—	501	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	195	450.00	450.00
54	—	484	160.00–166.50	162.73
7	—	295	193.00	193.00
16	—	629	144.50–145.00	144.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	563	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	661	159.00–166.00	160.59
129	—	716	160.50–175.00	172.28
50	—	504	189.00–195.00	192.57
7	—	373	225.00	225.00
156	—	457	196.00–213.00	207.84
17	—	322	215.00–228.00	224.27
44	—	430	209.00–210.00	209.50
336	—	577	180.50–189.00	186.46
28	—	628	161.00–172.00	167.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	652	156.00	156.00
32	—	430	188.00	188.00
15	—	572	160.50	160.50
38	—	524	166.00–178.00	170.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	169.00	169.00
5	—	461	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	281	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	613	181.00	181.00

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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