Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-03-14

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 14

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Feb 28Mar 14Mar 28 →

Receipts

2,200 head

▲ 1,080 vs last sale 1,120▼ 25 vs year ago 2,225 · −1.1%

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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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.99/cwt on 1,084 head.

Average price

$218.99

1,084 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$6.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	219.58	1,483	982
Medium and Large 1-2	602	213.27	1,285	102

One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,084 hd

218.99

—

NE average10 barns · 13,943 hd

221.33

−2.35

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	889	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	929	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	255.01/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,086	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,111	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,214	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,158	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	242.89/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,295	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	235.27/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,485	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,327	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	229.97/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,534	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,349	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,547	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	192.23/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,505	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,594	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,637	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	241.95/cwt	238.00–245.00	820	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	243.07/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,055	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,132	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,166	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	208.18/cwt	200.50–216.00	1,201	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	203.38/cwt	196.00–213.50	1,245	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	193.80/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,283	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	186.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,367	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	177.69/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,375	334
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	178.41/cwt	178.25–178.50	1,449	182

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 Mar 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,200Last week 1,120Year ago 2,225

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	434	235.00–250.00	243.07
111	—	733	185.00–190.00	186.55
182	—	812	178.25–178.50	178.41
334	—	774	175.00–180.00	177.69
93	—	662	188.00–199.00	193.80
76	—	488	232.00	232.00
72	—	577	200.50–216.00	208.18
48	—	612	196.00–213.50	203.38
26	—	339	238.00–245.00	241.95
12	—	509	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	631	232.00–241.00	235.27
19	—	467	260.00	260.00
40	—	426	254.00–258.00	255.01
13	—	360	258.00	258.00
153	—	667	229.00–231.00	229.97
7	—	342	260.00	260.00
72	—	871	188.00	188.00
81	—	740	209.00	209.00
185	—	533	239.00–249.00	242.89
199	—	783	186.00–195.00	192.23
77	—	848	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	644	206.00	206.00
7	—	524	221.00	221.00
7	—	714	189.00	189.00
21	—	459	242.00	242.00

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.