Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Short run due to the holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.93/cwt on 391 head.

Average price

$206.93

391 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$441

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

$22.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	208.61	1,218	362
Medium and Large 1-2	418	186.00	777	29

One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about $441 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 sale391 hd

206.93

—

NE average8 barns · 10,352 hd

205.02

+1.91

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

16 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	901	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,041	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,277	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,303	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,198	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,104	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	689	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	115.32/cwt	112.00–117.50	788	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	144.94/cwt	142.00–155.00	764	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,273	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	214.56/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,146	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,402	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	777	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	878	17

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 Nov 22, 2022

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

Receipts 700Last week 1,135Year ago 1,100

No comparison to last week. Short run due to the holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	570	158.00	158.00
29	—	846	123.00	123.00
17	—	641	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	966	157.50	157.50
37	—	740	172.50	172.50
46	—	751	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	396	174.00	174.00
33	—	683	112.00–117.50	115.32
6	—	431	170.00	170.00
21	—	527	142.00–155.00	144.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	557	215.00	215.00
126	—	494	223.50	223.50
25	—	734	173.50	173.50
50	—	534	204.00–216.00	214.56
62	—	790	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	418	186.00	186.00

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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