Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-10-04

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 4

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 18 →

Receipts

2,200 head

▲ 925 vs last sale 1,275▼ 628 vs year ago 2,828 · −22.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher except a flat 500 lbs steer sold 8.00 higher. Heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 with a 400-450 lbs heifers 10.00 higher. No trend on yearling steers and heifers. Demand was good , on a good selection at Imperials anniversary sale.

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 $212.65/cwt on 1,167 head.

Average price

$212.65

1,167 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$9.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.63

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	213.13	1,140	1,109
Medium and Large 1-2	484	203.57	985	58

One grade step is worth $9.55/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,167 hd

212.65

—

NE average9 barns · 11,203 hd

203.02

+9.63

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	227.07/cwt	226.00–228.00	831	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	249.42/cwt	240.00–250.50	915	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	225.51/cwt	216.00–236.00	992	268
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	213.98/cwt	204.00–223.00	999	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,036	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	214.24/cwt	200.00–219.50	1,153	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	207.08/cwt	199.00–214.00	1,172	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,198	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,269	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,437	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,516	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	226.48/cwt	225.00–227.00	750	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	197.87/cwt	190.00–204.00	776	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	208.87/cwt	200.00–218.00	884	217
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	195.10/cwt	190.00–196.00	851	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	197.87/cwt	191.00–200.00	975	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	193.89/cwt	190.00–196.50	977	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,051	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,231	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,392	50

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 Oct 4, 2022

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

Receipts 2,200Last week 1,275Year ago 2,828

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	661	192.00	192.00
56	—	869	174.50	174.50
100	—	367	240.00–250.50	249.42
7	—	634	189.00	189.00
268	—	440	216.00–236.00	225.51
212	—	566	199.00–214.00	207.08
74	—	777	185.00	185.00
170	—	467	204.00–223.00	213.98
148	—	538	200.00–219.50	214.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	537	193.00	193.00
18	—	366	226.00–228.00	227.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	188.00	188.00
54	—	392	190.00–204.00	197.87
50	—	870	160.00	160.00
37	—	780	170.00	170.00
217	—	423	200.00–218.00	208.87
148	—	686	179.50	179.50
104	—	493	191.00–200.00	197.87
85	—	504	190.00–196.50	193.89
76	—	331	225.00–227.00	226.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	436	190.00–196.00	195.10

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.