Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-04-11

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 11

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

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Receipts

860 head

▼ 640 vs last sale 1,500▼ 940 vs year ago 1,800 · −52.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate.

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 $199.52/cwt on 709 head.

Average price

$199.52

709 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.38

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	733	199.72	1,463	700
Medium and Large 1-2	713	183.50	1,308	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.22/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 sale709 hd

199.52

—

NE average5 barns · 4,108 hd

208.90

−9.38

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

Every lot

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	893	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,252	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,685	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	227.65/cwt	219.00–233.00	1,200	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	599	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,297	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	216.69/cwt	213.00–217.00	1,395	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	196.46/cwt	193.50–208.00	1,320	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	212.93/cwt	210.50–215.00	1,505	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,308	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	191.52/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,459	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	184.47/cwt	181.50–187.50	1,535	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,552	9

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 Apr 11, 2023

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

Receipts 860Last week 1,500Year ago 1,800

No comparison, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	353	253.00	253.00
64	—	810	208.00	208.00
11	—	495	253.00	253.00
8	—	625	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	707	210.50–215.00	212.93
77	—	644	213.00–217.00	216.69
53	—	672	193.50–208.00	196.46
41	—	527	219.00–233.00	227.65
9	—	862	180.00	180.00
14	—	599	216.50	216.50
190	—	762	184.00–194.00	191.52
174	—	832	181.50–187.50	184.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	713	183.50	183.50

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.