Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was 2.00 - 5.00 lower and over 700 lbs was 6.00 - 9.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.33/cwt on 1,782 head.

Average price

$171.33

1,782 head · 746 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$0.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	171.35	1,285	1,737
Medium and Large 1-2	592	170.62	1,011	45

One grade step is worth $0.73/cwt here — about $275 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 sale1,782 hd

171.33

—

NE average12 barns · 30,294 hd

178.28

−6.95

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

21 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 1Fleshy	—	854	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,183	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	157.25/cwt	153.00–160.00	895	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	149.33/cwt	140.50–152.25	1,092	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	174.08/cwt	164.00–178.50	931	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,271	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	190.26/cwt	187.00–192.50	1,115	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,044	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	173.72/cwt	173.00–174.00	990	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	151.62/cwt	149.50–153.75	1,028	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	150.29/cwt	148.50–155.00	1,160	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	164.13/cwt	163.50–165.00	1,439	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	171.13/cwt	166.50–176.50	1,150	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	170.16/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,332	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	158.96/cwt	155.00–167.25	981	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	193.41/cwt	186.00–198.00	1,023	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	172.43/cwt	169.00–185.00	1,098	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	173.16/cwt	167.00–174.75	1,261	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	165.90/cwt	161.00–169.75	1,359	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	931	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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Jan 11, 2022

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

Receipts 2,860Last week 1,850Year ago 3,670

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was 2.00 - 5.00 lower and over 700 lbs was 6.00 - 9.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	854	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	849	140.25	140.25
27	—	569	153.00–160.00	157.25
84	—	731	140.50–152.25	149.33
106	—	535	164.00–178.50	174.08
131	—	850	149.50	149.50
176	—	678	149.50–153.75	151.62
194	—	772	148.50–155.00	150.29
223	—	617	155.00–167.25	158.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	540	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	586	187.00–192.50	190.26
216	—	877	163.50–165.00	164.13
242	—	672	166.50–176.50	171.13
315	—	783	166.00–173.50	170.16
48	—	529	186.00–198.00	193.41
62	—	637	169.00–185.00	172.43
343	—	728	167.00–174.75	173.16
395	—	819	161.00–169.75	165.90
13	—	452	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	633	165.00	165.00
29	—	570	173.00–174.00	173.72

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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