Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.36/cwt on 954 head.

Average price

$146.36

954 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$7.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	786	146.60	1,152	924
Medium and Large 1-2	518	138.89	719	30

One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about $434 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 sale954 hd

146.36

—

NE average7 barns · 6,078 hd

157.45

−11.10

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	—	506	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,034	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	181.36/cwt	168.00–186.00	849	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,242	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	163.15/cwt	159.00–165.50	1,025	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	148.26/cwt	147.10–149.75	1,155	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	929	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	159.03/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,307	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	891	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,347	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	181.48/cwt	181.00–182.00	1,212	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,344	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,123	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	137.14/cwt	135.25–142.25	1,118	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	138.67/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,230	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,102	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	943	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,234	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	152.71/cwt	148.00–154.25	1,109	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	8,863	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,219	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,221	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	134.83/cwt	129.00–145.00	777	20

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,950Last week 2,225Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a 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
9	—	506	179.00	179.00
12	—	689	150.00	150.00
34	—	468	168.00–186.00	181.36
70	—	918	135.25	135.25
109	—	628	159.00–165.50	163.15
119	—	779	147.10–149.75	148.26
151	—	815	135.25–142.25	137.14
275	—	887	132.00–140.00	138.67
145	—	726	148.00–154.25	152.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	709	1,250.00	1,250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	401	147.00	147.00
20	—	576	129.00–145.00	134.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	636	146.00	146.00
7	—	691	165.00	165.00
12	—	436	150.00	150.00
13	—	880	140.25	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
314	—	822	155.00–165.00	159.03
11	—	439	203.00	203.00
195	—	910	148.00	148.00
34	—	668	181.00–182.00	181.48
128	—	884	152.00	152.00
14	—	594	189.00	189.00
36	—	547	201.50	201.50
15	—	460	205.00	205.00
61	—	720	169.25	169.25
70	—	631	193.50	193.50

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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