Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week . Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $258.45/cwt on 1,501 head.

Average price

$258.45

1,501 head · 696 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$12.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	259.32	1,805	1,393
Medium and Large 1-2	696	247.21	1,720	108

One grade step is worth $12.10/cwt here — about $85 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 sale1,501 hd

258.45

—

NE average9 barns · 7,657 hd

262.01

−3.56

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

29 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	—	385	379.15/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,460	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,372	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	254.88/cwt	252.00–255.50	1,761	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,170	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	250.90/cwt	245.25–256.50	1,822	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	328.67/cwt	325.50–332.50	1,706	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	414	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,594	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	254.70/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,852	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,784	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	262.55/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,759	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	279.16/cwt	276.50–282.00	1,371	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	303.13/cwt	291.00–310.50	1,419	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,242	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	323.69/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,415	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	275.12/cwt	272.50–281.50	1,464	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	236.45/cwt	226.50–238.00	1,991	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,769	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	2,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,260	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,110	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	256.73/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,517	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,619	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	244.83/cwt	240.50–254.25	1,907	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	297.37/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,743	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,682	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	310.68/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,671	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	249.33/cwt	246.00–250.25	2,099	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	348.65/cwt	343.00–362.50	1,510	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	306.54/cwt	301.00–322.50	1,493	136

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

Sat Oct 7, 2023

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

Receipts 2,715Last week 525Year ago 2,200

No comparison to last week . Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	385	367.50–397.50	379.15
62	—	343	400.00	400.00
67	—	868	250.00	250.00
31	—	727	254.00–255.00	254.70
38	—	670	259.00–267.00	262.55
77	—	586	282.50–300.00	297.37
65	—	603	279.00	279.00
111	—	538	300.00–319.00	310.68
182	—	842	246.00–250.25	249.33
153	—	433	343.00–362.50	348.65
136	—	487	301.00–322.50	306.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	519	325.50–332.50	328.67
29	—	414	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	716	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	691	252.00–255.50	254.88
308	—	726	245.25–256.50	250.90
78	—	468	291.00–310.50	303.13
27	—	349	356.00	356.00
95	—	437	322.00–325.00	323.69
92	—	532	272.50–281.50	275.12
153	—	842	226.50–238.00	236.45
6	—	1,073	200.50	200.50
11	—	368	342.50	342.50
12	—	1,017	207.50	207.50
25	—	591	255.00–264.00	256.73
39	—	649	249.50	249.50
455	—	779	240.50–254.25	244.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	745	239.50	239.50
21	—	491	276.50–282.00	279.16

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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