Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a very cold day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.98/cwt on 374 head.

Average price

$156.98

374 head · 884 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$38.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	861	159.52	1,374	349
Large 1-2	1,200	121.50	1,458	25

One grade step is worth $38.02/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale374 hd

156.98

—

NE average8 barns · 14,085 hd

176.66

−19.68

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

13 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	147.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,441	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	161.35/cwt	161.35–161.35	1,283	65
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,200	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,458	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	192.76/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,174	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,037	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,407	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,296	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,141	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,138	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	143.10/cwt	143.10–143.10	1,196	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	965	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 Feb 22, 2022

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

Receipts 525Last week 1,825Year ago 1,415

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a very cold day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	978	145.00–150.00	147.37
65	—	795	161.35	161.35
20	—	609	190.00–194.00	192.76
13	—	480	216.00	216.00
5	—	544	195.00	195.00
124	—	902	156.00	156.00
21	—	820	158.00	158.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,200	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	742	153.75	153.75
15	—	796	143.00	143.00
11	—	836	143.10	143.10
8	—	512	180.00	180.00
5	—	578	167.00	167.00

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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