Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, due to no sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.82/cwt on 214 head.

Average price

$236.82

214 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.82

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	236.82	1,957	214

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 sale214 hd

236.82

—

NE average3 barns · 1,996 hd

233.01

+3.82

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

5 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	—	835	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,050	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,932	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,988	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,886	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,964	12

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 Aug 22, 2023

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

Receipts 310Last week 760Year ago 1,300

No comparison, due to no sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	835	245.50	245.50
10	—	787	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	839	237.00	237.00
69	—	781	241.50	241.50
12	—	944	208.00	208.00

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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