Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-11-21

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 21

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Nov 7Nov 21Dec 12 →

Receipts

287 head

▼ 543 vs last sale 830▼ 413 vs year ago 700 · −59.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison Demand was moderate to good.

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 $307.61/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$307.61

133 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$18.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.45

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	308.74	1,337	125
Medium and Large 1-2	385	290.00	1,117	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.74/cwt here — about $220 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 sale133 hd

307.61

—

NE average9 barns · 11,332 hd

274.17

+33.45

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	269	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,085	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,201	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	307.43/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,337	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	284.59/cwt	273.00–296.00	1,491	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	270.39/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,563	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	296	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	306	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	811	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	286.69/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,072	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	269.13/cwt	257.00–273.50	1,168	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	238.24/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,277	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,296	8

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 Nov 21, 2023

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

Receipts 287Last week 830Year ago 700

No comparison Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	306	265.00	265.00
13	—	536	235.00–241.00	238.24
18	—	434	257.00–273.50	269.13
24	—	374	284.00–288.00	286.69
8	—	296	810.00	810.00
8	—	554	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	364	330.00	330.00
15	—	269	775.00	775.00
8	—	340	319.00	319.00
15	—	578	265.00–277.00	270.39
19	—	524	273.00–296.00	284.59
36	—	435	305.00–310.00	307.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	385	290.00	290.00

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.