Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $220.33/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$220.33

449 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$13.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.57

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	220.51	1,214	443
Medium and Large 1-2	356	207.00	737	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $477 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 sale449 hd

220.33

—

NE average10 barns · 22,110 hd

198.75

+21.57

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	206.94/cwt	195.00–212.00	1,078	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,099	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,107	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	214.43/cwt	213.00–215.00	798	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,184	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	230.91/cwt	224.50–232.00	1,215	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	215.08/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,256	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	966	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	225.84/cwt	211.00–228.50	1,104	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	195.92/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,213	55

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 Jan 31, 2023

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

Receipts 775Last week 2,100Year ago 850

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	521	195.00–212.00	206.94
8	—	440	215.00	215.00
11	—	494	222.50	222.50
13	—	572	193.50	193.50
24	—	372	213.00–215.00	214.43
53	—	656	180.50	180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	526	224.50–232.00	230.91
186	—	584	212.00–218.00	215.08
6	—	302	246.00	246.00
14	—	373	259.00	259.00
44	—	489	211.00–228.50	225.84
55	—	619	195.00–197.00	195.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	356	207.00	207.00

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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