Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-10-17

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 17

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Oct 7Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

2,625 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 2,715▲ 1,900 vs year ago 725 · +262.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale steers were 6.00 - 20.00 higher except over 550 were steady - 6.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on all weights.

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 $254.29/cwt on 1,427 head.

Average price

$254.29

1,427 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$3.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.63

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	254.34	1,741	1,411
Medium and Large 1-2	582	250.50	1,459	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.84/cwt here — about $282 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 sale1,427 hd

254.29

—

NE average10 barns · 8,443 hd

260.92

−6.63

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,383	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	386.28/cwt	375.00–391.00	1,445	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,362	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	404	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,321	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	326.04/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,536	310
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,488	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	283.53/cwt	271.00–290.50	1,520	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	292.96/cwt	281.50–299.00	1,667	269
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,769	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,739	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,997	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,015	110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	320.82/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,155	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,049	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,300	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	278.72/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,324	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	272.00/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,395	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	266.82/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,524	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,450	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	247.82/cwt	240.50–253.50	1,789	335
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	746	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,686	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	245.39/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,877	621
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,861	88

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 2,625Last week 2,715Year ago 725

Compared to last sale steers were 6.00 - 20.00 higher except over 550 were steady - 6.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on all weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	604	240.00	240.00
28	—	414	314.00	314.00
30	—	571	265.00–270.00	266.82
45	—	360	319.00–324.00	320.82
88	—	809	230.00	230.00
108	—	475	270.00–284.00	278.72
335	—	722	240.50–253.50	247.82
621	—	765	240.00–251.00	245.39
139	—	513	260.00–278.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	282.00	282.00
9	—	746	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
310	—	471	320.00–332.00	326.04
8	—	669	260.00	260.00
17	—	345	401.00	401.00
48	—	634	279.00	279.00
67	—	374	375.00–391.00	386.28
79	—	748	267.00	267.00
10	—	404	327.00	327.00
97	—	536	271.00–290.50	283.53
110	—	811	248.50	248.50
269	—	569	281.50–299.00	292.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	392	347.50	347.50
16	—	495	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	501	297.00	297.00

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.