Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.80/cwt on 666 head.

Average price

$195.80

666 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.02

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	772	195.80	1,511	666

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 sale666 hd

195.80

—

NE average8 barns · 11,818 hd

198.83

−3.02

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	—	625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,188	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,337	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	196.99/cwt	196.50–198.00	1,121	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,268	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	1,265	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,458	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	232.64/cwt	228.00–233.50	1,324	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	207.28/cwt	207.00–208.00	1,410	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	184.98/cwt	179.25–185.50	1,582	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	171.88/cwt	171.25–172.50	1,384	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	187.43/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,544	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,101	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,466	46

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 Feb 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,120Last week 1,680Year ago 525

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	625	190.00	190.00
20	—	751	178.00	178.00
29	—	569	196.50–198.00	196.99
70	—	669	189.50	189.50
70	—	718	176.25	176.25
70	—	863	169.00	169.00
149	—	805	171.25–172.50	171.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	569	228.00–233.50	232.64
77	—	680	207.00–208.00	207.28
136	—	855	179.25–185.50	184.98
313	—	824	185.00–190.00	187.43
19	—	453	243.00	243.00
46	—	788	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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