Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2020-08-18

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 18

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Aug 4Aug 18Sep 8 →

Receipts

265 head

▼ 635 vs last sale 900▲ 265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.51/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$133.51

106 head · 875 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$20.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.79

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	872	134.47	1,173	101
Medium and Large 1-2	926	114.00	1,056	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $118 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 sale106 hd

133.51

—

NE average6 barns · 5,459 hd

145.30

−11.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

7 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,129	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,208	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,056	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	109.24/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,121	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	885	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	999	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,145	18

This sale against other markets

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 265Last week 900Year ago 0

No comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	926	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	895	135.00	135.00
40	—	802	140.75	140.75
11	—	1,026	107.00–112.00	109.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	706	141.50	141.50
18	—	861	133.00	133.00
6	—	619	143.00	143.00

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.