Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Trend was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $302.99/cwt on 291 head.

Average price

$302.99

291 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$157

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

$24.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	427	324.78	1,387	36
Medium and Large 1	515	299.91	1,544	255

One grade step is worth $24.87/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale291 hd

302.99

—

NE average11 barns · 15,643 hd

295.87

+7.11

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

12 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 1-2	—	427	324.78/cwt	322.00–332.50	1,387	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	275.14/cwt	269.50–282.50	1,579	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,589	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	295.59/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,451	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	349.81/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,483	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	349.51/cwt	347.50–352.00	1,160	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,405	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	274.59/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,192	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,336	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,268	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,069	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,626	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 Oct 24, 2023

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

Receipts 510Last week 2,625Year ago 725

Not enough to show a comparison. Trend was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	427	322.00–332.50	324.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	574	269.50–282.50	275.14
66	—	516	308.00	308.00
46	—	491	295.00–296.00	295.59
32	—	424	340.00–359.00	349.81
11	—	332	347.50–352.00	349.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	551	255.00	255.00
41	—	434	274.00–278.00	274.59
23	—	520	257.00	257.00
19	—	475	267.00	267.00
14	—	388	275.50	275.50
9	—	707	230.00	230.00

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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