Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Trend was lower, due to the futures today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.81/cwt on 612 head.

Average price

$246.81

612 head · 774 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$841

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

$53.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.19

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	359	300.00	1,077	8thin
Medium and Large 1	779	246.10	1,918	604

One grade step is worth $53.90/cwt here — about −$841 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 sale612 hd

246.81

—

NE average12 barns · 18,149 hd

291.99

−45.19

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

23 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	—	633	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	275.99/cwt	270.00–281.00	947	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	955	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	241	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	995	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,248	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	266.52/cwt	260.50–280.50	1,538	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,018	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	291.64/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,417	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	221.68/cwt	220.00–225.00	2,070	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,398	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	243.02/cwt	242.25–243.75	2,015	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,096	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,240	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	379	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	252.06/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,570	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,210	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 Nov 7, 2023

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

Receipts 830Last week 510Year ago 1,135

Not enough for a comparison. Trend was lower, due to the futures today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	633	227.00	227.00
6	—	801	219.00	219.00
8	—	671	230.00	230.00
11	—	343	270.00–281.00	275.99
15	—	382	250.00	250.00
11	—	241	650.00	650.00
29	—	565	247.50	247.50
32	—	412	266.00	266.00
46	—	488	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	310	321.00	321.00
11	—	658	242.00	242.00
19	—	412	303.00	303.00
9	—	266	750.00	750.00
35	—	577	260.50–280.50	266.52
52	—	897	225.00	225.00
59	—	486	290.00–296.00	291.64
155	—	934	220.00–225.00	221.68
239	—	829	242.25–243.75	243.02
19	—	623	248.00–254.00	252.06
9	—	384	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	359	300.00	300.00

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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