Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

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 $172.75/cwt on 493 head.

Average price

$172.75

493 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	737	172.75	1,273	493

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 sale493 hd

172.75

—

NE average10 barns · 9,452 hd

185.51

−12.76

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

15 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	—	771	171.16/cwt	170.50–171.50	1,320	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	183.00/cwt	180.50–185.50	1,186	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	219.71/cwt	211.00–225.00	973	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,041	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,122	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,139	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	209.32/cwt	206.00–211.50	1,032	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,491	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	188.51/cwt	182.00–200.00	995	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	793	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	838	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	175.42/cwt	171.50–180.00	995	15

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 Oct 18, 2022

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

Receipts 725Last week 2,200Year ago 0

No comparison to last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
417	—	771	170.50–171.50	171.16
32	—	528	182.00–200.00	188.51
6	—	1,030	136.00	136.00
9	—	414	191.50	191.50
14	—	453	185.00	185.00
15	—	567	171.50–180.00	175.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	339	242.00	242.00
12	—	648	180.50–185.50	183.00
16	—	443	211.00–225.00	219.71
17	—	519	200.50	200.50
22	—	565	198.50	198.50
33	—	493	206.00–211.50	209.32
56	—	840	177.50	177.50
7	—	730	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	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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