Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $214.36/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$214.36

123 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	214.36	1,256	123

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 sale123 hd

214.36

—

NE average9 barns · 12,218 hd

197.37

+16.98

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

13 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	—	484	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,101	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	759	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,450	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	243.07/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,043	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,529	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,179	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	231.70/cwt	224.00–242.50	901	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,286	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	976	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 Aug 30, 2022

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

Receipts 275Last week 1,300Year ago 600

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	227.50	227.50
9	—	294	258.00	258.00
8	—	394	240.00	240.00
35	—	765	189.50	189.50
24	—	429	238.00–251.00	243.07
14	—	921	166.00	166.00
14	—	567	208.00	208.00
6	—	349	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	389	224.00–242.50	231.70
29	—	768	167.50	167.50
11	—	483	207.00	207.00
9	—	559	188.00	188.00
6	—	519	188.00	188.00

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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