Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $209.44/cwt on 521 head.

Average price

$209.44

521 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$37.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	220.13	1,326	371
Medium and Large 1-2	804	183.01	1,471	150

One grade step is worth $37.12/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale521 hd

209.44

—

NE average7 barns · 7,162 hd

194.81

+14.63

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

21 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	—	380	216.12/cwt	211.50–217.50	821	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,349	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,237	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,113	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	225.24/cwt	217.00–232.00	728	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	194.20/cwt	193.00–195.00	909	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,249	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	999	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,563	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	243.54/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,001	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	201.94/cwt	196.50–209.00	842	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	214	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,057	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	906	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	255.38/cwt	254.00–257.00	935	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	252	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	234	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,546	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,388	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,542	82

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 Aug 16, 2022

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

Receipts 850Last week 902Year ago 525

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	380	211.50–217.50	216.12
52	—	843	160.00	160.00
80	—	703	176.00	176.00
14	—	323	217.00–232.00	225.24
15	—	468	193.00–195.00	194.20
33	—	417	196.50–209.00	201.94
8	—	214	242.00	242.00
10	—	271	224.00	224.00
10	—	775	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	653	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	668	187.00	187.00
33	—	999	156.50	156.50
86	—	411	230.00–247.00	243.54
20	—	472	224.00	224.00
22	—	332	273.00	273.00
30	—	366	254.00–257.00	255.38
6	—	252	283.00	283.00
7	—	234	260.00	260.00
148	—	754	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	771	180.00	180.00
82	—	831	185.50	185.50

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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