Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good in the house and the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $281.29/cwt on 970 head.

Average price

$281.29

970 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$360

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

$50.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.19

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	443	328.80	1,458	59
Medium and Large 1	654	278.21	1,818	911

One grade step is worth $50.59/cwt here — about −$360 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 sale970 hd

281.29

—

NE average12 barns · 19,648 hd

268.09

+13.19

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

20 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 1-2	—	516	250.50/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,293	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	283.47/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,519	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	312.93/cwt	303.00–315.50	1,289	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,449	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,237	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,301	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	288.85/cwt	278.00–291.00	1,768	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,516	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	205.25/cwt	205.25–205.25	1,995	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,845	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	311.04/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,745	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,817	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	297.98/cwt	289.00–301.00	1,552	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,564	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	267.26/cwt	260.00–268.85	1,761	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	549	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,779	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	335.12/cwt	326.00–337.00	1,438	53

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 Jan 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,502Last week 820Year ago 1,800

No comparison to last week. Demand was good in the house and the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	516	247.00–263.00	250.50
52	—	447	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	536	268.00–286.00	283.47
151	—	412	303.00–315.50	312.93
62	—	567	255.50	255.50
6	—	626	231.00	231.00
6	—	458	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	612	278.00–291.00	288.85
59	—	420	361.00	361.00
95	—	972	205.25	205.25
43	—	802	230.00	230.00
153	—	561	301.00–312.00	311.04
83	—	791	229.75	229.75
71	—	521	289.00–301.00	297.98
12	—	450	347.50	347.50
266	—	659	260.00–268.85	267.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	571	273.00	273.00
53	—	429	326.00–337.00	335.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	549	324.00	324.00

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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