Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Com pared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.71/cwt on 845 head.

Average price

$173.71

845 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.51

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	173.71	998	845

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 sale845 hd

173.71

—

NE average10 barns · 12,149 hd

170.21

+3.51

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

26 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	—	369	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,187	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	184.03/cwt	182.00–185.50	955	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	168.34/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,047	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,124	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	203.73/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,059	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	158.02/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,312	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,315	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	835	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	192.49/cwt	182.00–199.00	1,107	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	182.10/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,162	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,141	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	738	1,236.65/cwt	1,225.00–1,260.00	9,126	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,150	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	218.92/cwt	217.00–225.00	930	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	159.84/cwt	155.50–160.25	1,250	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	403	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	818	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	895	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	160.36/cwt	160.00–161.50	1,058	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	181.48/cwt	175.00–182.50	779	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	205.64/cwt	196.00–218.00	1,004	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,172	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	175.87/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,022	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	663	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	7,293	22

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 Feb 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,825Last week 850Year ago 0

Com pared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	190.00	190.00
11	—	830	143.00	143.00
13	—	474	173.00	173.00
24	—	519	182.00–185.50	184.03
31	—	622	166.00–171.00	168.34
76	—	743	151.25	151.25
125	—	758	151.75	151.75
78	—	660	160.00–161.50	160.36
110	—	429	175.00–182.50	181.48
148	—	581	169.00–179.00	175.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	738	1,225.00–1,260.00	1,236.65
22	—	663	1,100.00	1,100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	403	203.00	203.00
156	—	471	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	520	203.00–204.00	203.73
238	—	830	156.00–160.00	158.02
12	—	904	145.50	145.50
13	—	368	227.00	227.00
52	—	575	182.00–199.00	192.49
176	—	638	181.00–186.00	182.10
18	—	667	171.00	171.00
67	—	425	217.00–225.00	218.92
71	—	782	155.50–160.25	159.84
54	—	488	196.00–218.00	205.64
80	—	704	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	161.00	161.00

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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