Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.31/cwt on 541 head.

Average price

$145.31

541 head · 799 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$186

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

$1.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	672	146.75	986	32
Medium and Large 1	807	145.22	1,172	509

One grade step is worth $1.53/cwt here — about −$186 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 sale541 hd

145.31

—

NE average4 barns · 2,345 hd

156.47

−11.16

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

9 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	—	964	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,441	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,221	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	986	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	141.06/cwt	137.50–143.00	1,219	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,128	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,093	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,101	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,015	28

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.

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Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue May 10, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	964	149.50	149.50
49	—	788	155.00	155.00
7	—	440	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	672	146.75	146.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	864	137.50–143.00	141.06
68	—	806	140.00	140.00
64	—	685	159.50	159.50
57	—	749	147.00	147.00
28	—	615	165.00	165.00

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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