Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-01-04

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 4

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Receipts

1,850 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 1,784▲ 1,850 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, do to no feeder sale. Demand was good, with a 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 $179.24/cwt on 998 head.

Average price

$179.24

998 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$3.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.40

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	179.51	1,127	919
Medium and Large 1-2	550	176.19	968	79

One grade step is worth $3.32/cwt here — about $158 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 sale998 hd

179.24

—

NE average4 barns · 4,449 hd

173.84

+5.40

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	830	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	212.30/cwt	210.00–215.00	879	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	205.26/cwt	200.00–208.00	959	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	903	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	189.55/cwt	180.00–195.00	997	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	189.66/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,072	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	170.66/cwt	170.00–176.00	986	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	177.59/cwt	168.00–182.00	1,101	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,061	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	173.63/cwt	165.50–177.00	1,141	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,132	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	167.54/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,216	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,255	137
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	177.55/cwt	174.00–180.00	668	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	697	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	182.06/cwt	181.50–183.00	803	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	187.58/cwt	182.00–189.00	902	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	517	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	962	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	176.28/cwt	171.50–181.00	940	155
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	172.97/cwt	166.00–179.00	969	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	161.65/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,020	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	154.79/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,034	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	156.19/cwt	153.00–158.25	1,120	75

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 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,850Last week 1,784Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, do to no feeder sale. Demand was good, with a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	414	210.00–215.00	212.30
41	—	467	200.00–208.00	205.26
22	—	372	223.00	223.00
82	—	620	168.00–182.00	177.59
168	—	565	185.00–196.00	189.66
162	—	657	165.50–177.00	173.63
85	—	526	180.00–195.00	189.55
125	—	726	166.00–169.00	167.54
137	—	776	161.75	161.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	699	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	578	170.00–176.00	170.66
27	—	483	187.00	187.00
7	—	624	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	517	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	533	171.50–181.00	176.28
124	—	560	166.00–179.00	172.97
169	—	631	158.00–163.00	161.65
81	—	481	182.00–189.00	187.58
75	—	717	153.00–158.25	156.19
59	—	668	151.00–157.00	154.79
45	—	376	174.00–180.00	177.55
35	—	441	181.50–183.00	182.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	168.00	168.00

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.