Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.18/cwt on 1,244 head.

Average price

$148.18

1,244 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	734	148.18	1,087	1,244

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 sale1,244 hd

148.18

—

NE average5 barns · 4,042 hd

153.34

−5.16

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

17 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	—	984	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,304	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	185.37/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,057	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	148.17/cwt	145.75–156.00	1,015	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	147.68/cwt	143.50–150.50	1,074	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	145.17/cwt	140.25–147.00	1,119	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	158.08/cwt	156.50–166.00	1,007	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,162	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	174.51/cwt	171.50–175.00	1,195	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	151.31/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,174	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	205.20/cwt	204.00–209.00	991	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	179.43/cwt	171.00–187.50	1,127	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,180	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	163.07/cwt	161.00–168.00	923	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	819	6

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 Apr 5, 2022

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

Receipts 1,800Last week 1,950Year ago 1,800

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	984	132.50	132.50
20	—	570	183.00–191.00	185.37
174	—	685	171.50–175.00	174.51
170	—	776	150.00–153.00	151.31
67	—	483	204.00–209.00	205.20
47	—	628	171.00–187.50	179.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	685	145.75–156.00	148.17
148	—	727	143.50–150.50	147.68
309	—	771	140.25–147.00	145.17
217	—	637	156.50–166.00	158.08
208	—	800	145.25	145.25
120	—	863	136.75	136.75
17	—	566	161.00–168.00	163.07
11	—	321	194.00	194.00
7	—	436	180.00	180.00
6	—	994	117.00	117.00
6	—	525	156.00	156.00

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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