Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, on good selection of grass cattle and feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.58/cwt on 1,148 head.

Average price

$150.58

1,148 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$3.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	150.65	1,050	1,123
Medium and Large 1-2	564	147.60	833	25

One grade step is worth $3.05/cwt here — about $217 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 sale1,148 hd

150.58

—

NE average9 barns · 12,415 hd

161.41

−10.84

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	—	334	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	625	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	185.62/cwt	182.00–187.00	854	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	136.84/cwt	136.50–138.25	999	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	165.88/cwt	159.00–170.00	931	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	186.52/cwt	178.00–191.00	800	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	172.42/cwt	168.50–175.00	893	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	155.89/cwt	152.00–156.50	1,224	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	210.13/cwt	204.00–214.00	958	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	155.68/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,140	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	195.00/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,045	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,273	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	147.18/cwt	145.25–150.00	1,202	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	167.36/cwt	160.50–174.00	1,115	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,078	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	138.60/cwt	138.25–139.25	1,148	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	148.54/cwt	144.00–150.00	991	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	142.39/cwt	142.00–142.75	1,374	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	150.82/cwt	149.25–152.00	1,293	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	883	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,164	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,192	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	139.19/cwt	135.50–142.00	1,072	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	190.54/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,096	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	804	19

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 Mar 8, 2022

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

Receipts 2,225Last week 525Year ago 2,725

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, on good selection of grass cattle and feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	334	187.00	187.00
25	—	460	182.00–187.00	185.62
36	—	730	136.50–138.25	136.84
71	—	561	159.00–170.00	165.88
90	—	429	178.00–191.00	186.52
91	—	518	168.50–175.00	172.42
208	—	828	138.25–139.25	138.60
230	—	667	144.00–150.00	148.54
157	—	873	136.50	136.50
194	—	770	135.50–142.00	139.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	654	140.00	140.00
19	—	536	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	785	152.00–156.50	155.89
73	—	456	204.00–214.00	210.13
74	—	732	153.00–158.00	155.68
80	—	536	190.00–198.00	195.00
35	—	656	194.00	194.00
58	—	817	145.25–150.00	147.18
122	—	965	142.00–142.75	142.39
313	—	857	149.25–152.00	150.82
17	—	374	236.00	236.00
29	—	606	192.00	192.00
11	—	575	190.00–191.00	190.54
12	—	329	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	666	160.50–174.00	167.36
43	—	640	168.50	168.50

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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