Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $215.02/cwt on 688 head.

Average price

$215.02

688 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$17.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	215.65	1,083	663
Medium and Large 1-2	476	198.40	944	25

One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $138 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 sale688 hd

215.02

—

NE average7 barns · 10,088 hd

198.99

+16.03

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	—	435	228.83/cwt	226.00–230.00	995	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	245.77/cwt	240.00–248.00	931	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	971	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	191.78/cwt	190.00–195.00	748	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	195.11/cwt	182.50–202.00	960	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	199.59/cwt	193.00–202.00	1,010	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	206.04/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,080	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	211.16/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,189	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	215.26/cwt	205.00–223.50	1,031	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	197.80/cwt	196.00–203.00	856	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,435	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,044	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	206.87/cwt	197.00–214.00	778	48

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 1,275Last week 2,900Year ago 425

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	435	226.00–230.00	228.83
51	—	379	240.00–248.00	245.77
131	—	524	200.00–211.00	206.04
208	—	563	205.00–216.00	211.16
230	—	479	205.00–223.50	215.26
8	—	297	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	386	220.00	220.00
18	—	511	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	390	190.00–195.00	191.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	492	182.50–202.00	195.11
120	—	506	193.00–202.00	199.59
105	—	433	196.00–203.00	197.80
6	—	624	166.50	166.50
6	—	1,056	140.00	140.00
33	—	914	157.00	157.00
34	—	566	184.50	184.50
48	—	376	197.00–214.00	206.87

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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