Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2020-12-08

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 8

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Nov 24Dec 8Jan 12 →

Receipts

1,365 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 1,175▲ 110 vs year ago 1,255 · +8.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no feeder sale last week.

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 $152.92/cwt on 699 head.

Average price

$152.92

699 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$3.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.95

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	153.04	994	676
Medium and Large 1-2	572	149.23	854	23

One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about $140 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 sale699 hd

152.92

—

NE average10 barns · 14,903 hd

165.87

−12.95

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

Every lot

22 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	644	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	779	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	858	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	897	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	169.68/cwt	166.00–173.00	894	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	159.32/cwt	151.00–169.00	937	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	872	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	971	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	143.68/cwt	142.00–147.00	987	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	143.30/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,048	232
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,087	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	641	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	178.01/cwt	175.00–180.00	691	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	166.12/cwt	161.00–173.00	716	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	155.95/cwt	154.00–166.00	727	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	152.33/cwt	149.00–154.00	792	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	146.04/cwt	144.00–150.00	841	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	137.73/cwt	137.00–140.00	870	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	939	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	136.10/cwt	136.10–136.10	1,115	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,047	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,204	5

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,365Last week 1,175Year ago 1,255

No comparison due to no feeder sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	384	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	576	144.00–150.00	146.04
143	—	819	136.10	136.10
139	—	520	149.00–154.00	152.33
91	—	714	131.50	131.50
72	—	632	137.00–140.00	137.73
51	—	431	161.00–173.00	166.12
42	—	466	154.00–166.00	155.95
18	—	388	175.00–180.00	178.01
5	—	1,047	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	527	166.00–173.00	169.68
15	—	482	186.00	186.00
11	—	447	192.00	192.00
35	—	798	136.25	136.25
5	—	380	205.00	205.00
5	—	332	194.00	194.00
232	—	731	140.00–146.00	143.30
139	—	588	151.00–169.00	159.32
106	—	639	152.00	152.00
55	—	687	142.00–147.00	143.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	540	155.00	155.00
9	—	622	140.25	140.25

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.