Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, do to feeder sale. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.57/cwt on 942 head.

Average price

$183.57

942 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	736	183.94	1,354	903
Medium and Large 1-2	733	174.92	1,283	39

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $71 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 sale942 hd

183.57

—

NE average4 barns · 2,958 hd

198.13

−14.56

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	—	463	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	958	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	199.77/cwt	194.00–207.50	1,183	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,404	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,311	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	179.91/cwt	175.25–184.00	1,375	617
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,237	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,324	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,648	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,378	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	199.75/cwt	199.75–199.75	1,418	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	190.42/cwt	189.00–197.00	1,472	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	175.10/cwt	175.10–175.10	1,628	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,622	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	187.06/cwt	182.50–191.50	1,549	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,166	6

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 Mar 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,500Last week 2,200Year ago 1,950

No comparison to last week, do to feeder sale. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	463	207.00	207.00
47	—	592	194.00–207.50	199.77
69	—	808	173.75	173.75
155	—	664	197.50	197.50
617	—	764	175.25–184.00	179.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	695	178.00	178.00
20	—	770	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	950	173.50	173.50
6	—	696	198.00	198.00
49	—	710	199.75	199.75
50	—	773	189.00–197.00	190.42
61	—	930	175.10	175.10
62	—	878	184.75	184.75
243	—	828	182.50–191.50	187.06
6	—	509	229.00	229.00

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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