Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-04-25

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 25

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Apr 11Apr 25May 23 →

Receipts

775 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 860▼ 585 vs year ago 1,360 · −43.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good.

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 $204.54/cwt on 372 head.

Average price

$204.54

372 head · 687 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$414

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

$5.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.49

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	480	210.00	1,008	15thin
Medium and Large 1	696	204.31	1,422	357

One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$414 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 sale372 hd

204.54

—

NE average6 barns · 5,158 hd

210.03

−5.49

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

Every lot

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	299	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	900	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	293.39/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,086	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,279	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,302	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,223	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,432	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	207.02/cwt	206.50–207.50	1,635	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	190.62/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,514	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,682	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,747	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	242.75/cwt	240.00–247.00	918	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	996	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	244.26/cwt	242.50–248.00	1,170	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,008	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	211.69/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,118	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,297	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	197.11/cwt	196.50–198.00	1,409	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	195.05/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,516	200

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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 775Last week 860Year ago 1,360

No comparison to last week. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	236.00	236.00
13	—	378	240.00–247.00	242.75
13	—	636	204.00	204.00
15	—	528	210.00–215.00	211.69
40	—	479	242.50–248.00	244.26
71	—	715	196.50–198.00	197.11
200	—	777	192.00–197.00	195.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	299	301.00	301.00
6	—	577	212.00	212.00
6	—	965	181.00	181.00
17	—	370	292.00–294.00	293.39
23	—	444	288.00	288.00
26	—	494	263.50	263.50
30	—	682	210.00	210.00
65	—	803	209.50	209.50
142	—	790	206.50–207.50	207.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	794	190.00–192.00	190.62

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.