Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-02-14

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-14

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 14

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Jan 31Feb 14Feb 28 →

Receipts

1,680 head

▲ 905 vs last sale 775▼ 145 vs year ago 1,825 · −7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.86/cwt on 1,036 head.

Average price

$183.86

1,036 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$8.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	674	184.25	1,242	989
Medium and Large 1-2	659	175.47	1,157	47

One grade step is worth $8.79/cwt here — about $85 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 sale1,036 hd

183.86

—

NE average7 barns · 9,541 hd

180.16

+3.70

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	380	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	847	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	950	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,058	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,038	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	217.49/cwt	204.00–224.00	1,235	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,240	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	201.15/cwt	200.50–201.50	1,382	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	188.89/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,388	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,422	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	180.55/cwt	180.00–181.50	1,477	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	182.35/cwt	182.35–182.35	1,552	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,565	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	676	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	195.30/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,039	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	186.93/cwt	183.00–194.00	1,060	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	176.00/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,121	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	196.04/cwt	187.75–200.50	1,255	207
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	188.37/cwt	185.50–190.50	1,247	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,188	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	177.52/cwt	170.00–184.75	1,289	440
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,332	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,339	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 Feb 14, 2023

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

Receipts 1,680Last week 775Year ago 1,825

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	818	180.00–181.50	180.55
68	—	568	204.00–224.00	217.49
77	—	851	182.35	182.35
5	—	481	220.00	220.00
5	—	380	223.00	223.00
86	—	735	187.00–190.00	188.89
72	—	907	172.50	172.50
13	—	415	229.00	229.00
10	—	608	204.00	204.00
51	—	789	180.25	180.25
29	—	687	200.50–201.50	201.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	555	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
440	—	726	170.00–184.75	177.52
207	—	640	187.75–200.50	196.04
101	—	532	185.00–199.00	195.30
86	—	780	170.75	170.75
73	—	662	185.50–190.50	188.37
68	—	567	183.00–194.00	186.93
9	—	328	206.00	206.00
5	—	824	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	679	175.00	175.00
22	—	637	175.00–177.50	176.00

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.