Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-08-23

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-23

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 23

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30 →

Receipts

1,300 head

▲ 450 vs last sale 850▲ 1,300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 8.00 - 20.00 higher and heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 higher.

Demand was good on the offering.

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 $215.84/cwt on 743 head.

Average price

$215.84

743 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$8.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.60

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	504	223.19	1,125	70
Medium and Large 1	639	215.08	1,375	673

One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale743 hd

215.84

—

NE average6 barns · 5,877 hd

205.24

+10.60

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

Every lot

24 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	256	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	768	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	271.91/cwt	271.00–275.00	881	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	263.14/cwt	241.00–277.00	1,003	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,100	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	241.66/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,049	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	247.60/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,193	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	219.85/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,088	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	228.15/cwt	227.00–230.50	1,166	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,140	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,294	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	193.08/cwt	186.50–194.00	1,419	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,353	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	185.84/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,490	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	181.92/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,559	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,451	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,488	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	260	510.00/head	510.00–510.00	510	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	741	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	236.88/cwt	231.00–241.00	872	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	222.22/cwt	211.00–231.00	956	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	205.69/cwt	195.50–210.75	1,004	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,297	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	174.46/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,370	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,342	7

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 1,300Last week 850Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 8.00 - 20.00 higher and heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 higher.

Demand was good on the offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	839	160.00	160.00
13	—	741	175.00	175.00
20	—	334	222.00	222.00
53	—	488	195.50–210.75	205.69
78	—	368	231.00–241.00	236.88
83	—	430	211.00–231.00	222.22
6	—	260	510.00	510.00
161	—	785	165.00–175.00	174.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	324	271.00–275.00	271.91
16	—	692	187.00	187.00
17	—	907	160.00	160.00
67	—	381	241.00–277.00	263.14
70	—	735	186.50–194.00	193.08
85	—	802	180.00–188.00	185.84
5	—	256	300.00	300.00
87	—	511	227.00–230.50	228.15
98	—	482	241.00–250.50	247.60
136	—	857	180.00–184.00	181.92
9	—	567	201.00	201.00
20	—	992	150.00	150.00
41	—	412	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	495	216.00–222.00	219.85
8	—	796	170.00	170.00
29	—	434	241.00–242.00	241.66

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.