Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2021-01-19

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2021-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 19

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Jan 12Jan 19Feb 2 →

Receipts

2,720 head

▼ 950 vs last sale 3,670▲ 225 vs year ago 2,495 · +9.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 5.00 higher. Demand was good, with good selection offered.

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 $146.23/cwt on 1,760 head.

Average price

$146.23

1,760 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$164

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

$3.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	608	150.13	913	44
Medium and Large 1	737	146.13	1,077	1,716

One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale1,760 hd

146.23

—

NE average10 barns · 23,598 hd

152.98

−6.74

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	726	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	816	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	184.05/cwt	180.00–195.00	883	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	853	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	167.99/cwt	164.00–172.00	912	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	158.59/cwt	153.50–165.50	934	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	869	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	155.08/cwt	153.00–157.00	965	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	920	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	144.30/cwt	140.00–145.75	997	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	142.11/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,040	337
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	141.64/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,105	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,004	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	138.67/cwt	135.50–140.00	1,144	569
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	136.72/cwt	133.25–139.00	1,192	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,256	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	702	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	161.85/cwt	160.50–163.50	738	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	152.25/cwt	149.00–155.00	801	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	142.48/cwt	135.00–148.00	829	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	132.72/cwt	130.00–136.00	833	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	129.81/cwt	125.00–131.25	870	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	132.86/cwt	130.00–134.50	961	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	979	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	126.10/cwt	126.10–126.10	1,081	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,150	24

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 Jan 19, 2021

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

Receipts 2,720Last week 3,670Year ago 2,495

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 5.00 higher. Demand was good, with good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	414	169.50	169.50
24	—	1,085	106.00	106.00
42	—	456	160.50–163.50	161.85
60	—	766	127.75	127.75
66	—	670	125.00–131.25	129.81
85	—	628	130.00–136.00	132.72
131	—	582	135.00–148.00	142.48
139	—	857	126.10	126.10
142	—	723	130.00–134.50	132.86
150	—	526	149.00–155.00	152.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	589	153.50–165.50	158.59
110	—	780	140.00–142.50	141.64
17	—	1,060	118.50	118.50
60	—	543	164.00–172.00	167.99
12	—	414	197.00	197.00
17	—	382	190.00	190.00
61	—	480	180.00–195.00	184.05
68	—	691	140.00–145.75	144.30
153	—	872	133.25–139.00	136.72
209	—	622	153.00–157.00	155.08
337	—	732	140.00–144.50	142.11
569	—	825	135.50–140.00	138.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	145.50	145.50
8	—	784	128.00	128.00
10	—	482	177.00	177.00
19	—	591	147.00	147.00

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.