Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $239.96/cwt on 411 head.

Average price

$239.96

411 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$601

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

$5.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	745	240.37	1,791	382
Medium and Large 1-2	507	234.52	1,190	29

One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $601 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 sale411 hd

239.96

—

NE average3 barns · 2,480 hd

268.80

−28.84

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,675	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	238.77/cwt	226.00–243.00	1,827	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,236	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	960	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,035	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,689	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	178.09/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,301	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,582	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	231.63/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,221	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	223.13/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,415	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	940	9

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 May 23, 2023

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

Receipts 725Last week 775Year ago 450

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	817	205.00	205.00
280	—	765	226.00–243.00	238.77
63	—	628	269.00	269.00
11	—	932	177.00–179.00	178.09
8	—	531	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	542	228.00	228.00
8	—	381	252.00	252.00
6	—	636	240.00	240.00
5	—	486	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	787	201.00	201.00
36	—	527	226.00–233.00	231.63
23	—	634	220.00–224.00	223.13
9	—	413	227.50	227.50

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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