Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection of calves and feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.70/cwt on 1,549 head.

Average price

$187.70

1,549 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$386

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

$10.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.18

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	395	198.43	783	30
Medium and Large 1	623	187.49	1,169	1,519

One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale1,549 hd

187.70

—

NE average8 barns · 10,067 hd

185.52

+2.18

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

27 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 1Fancy	—	456	213.56/cwt	213.00–214.50	974	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,048	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,106	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	208.85/cwt	201.00–216.00	890	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,387	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,254	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	774	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	200.11/cwt	185.00–207.00	937	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	219.36/cwt	211.00–231.00	838	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	237.38/cwt	227.00–245.00	1,018	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,557	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	227.69/cwt	216.50–239.00	1,184	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	179.39/cwt	172.00–180.00	1,313	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	170.87/cwt	165.50–172.25	1,317	440
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	178.61/cwt	176.00–179.50	1,216	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,017	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	156.72/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,450	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	208.48/cwt	204.00–216.00	694	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	454	239.37/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,087	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	218.16/cwt	211.00–226.00	1,067	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	266.19/cwt	258.00–271.00	921	39

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 Sep 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,900Last week 275Year ago 2,275

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection of calves and feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	456	213.00–214.50	213.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	176.00	176.00
9	—	543	193.00	193.00
16	—	1,059	146.00	146.00
36	—	634	174.50	174.50
132	—	426	201.00–216.00	208.85
239	—	468	185.00–207.00	200.11
105	—	382	211.00–231.00	219.36
217	—	732	172.00–180.00	179.39
440	—	771	165.50–172.25	170.87
76	—	681	176.00–179.50	178.61
77	—	925	156.00–157.00	156.72
49	—	333	204.00–216.00	208.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	385	201.00	201.00
7	—	426	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	717	193.50	193.50
49	—	621	202.00	202.00
8	—	399	246.00	246.00
275	—	429	227.00–245.00	237.38
126	—	860	181.00	181.00
266	—	520	216.50–239.00	227.69
25	—	590	210.00	210.00
81	—	489	211.00–226.00	218.16
39	—	346	258.00–271.00	266.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	322	230.00	230.00
21	—	506	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	454	237.00–242.00	239.37

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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