Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2019-08-27

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 27
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,030 head
1,030 vs last sale 0 1,030 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.84/cwt on 544 head.
Average price
$136.84
544 head · 909 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.12
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2629148.0093114thin
Medium and Large 1916136.551,251530
One grade step is worth $11.45/cwt here — about −$320 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 sale544 hd
136.84
NE average8 barns · 7,124 hd
145.96
−9.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

9 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1765133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,01980
HeifersMedium and Large 1740134.50/cwt134.50–134.50995121
HeifersMedium and Large 1812130.97/cwt129.85–131.501,063200
SteersMedium and Large 11,066121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,2988
SteersMedium and Large 1744151.46/cwt151.00–152.001,12726
SteersMedium and Large 1789146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,15275
SteersMedium and Large 1983130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,278140
SteersMedium and Large 1929136.33/cwt131.00–138.001,267281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629148.00/cwt148.00–148.0093114

How this sale compares

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.