Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2020-05-12

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, May 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,030 head
70 vs last sale 1,100 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.65/cwt on 366 head.
Average price
$130.65
366 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.61
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690131.34906345
Medium and Large 1-2689119.2882221
One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $84 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 sale366 hd
130.65
NE average5 barns · 4,352 hd
128.04
+2.61
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement659147.00/cwt147.00–147.0096931
SteersMedium and Large 1681144.00/cwt144.00–144.0098117
SteersMedium and Large 1548171.00/cwt171.00–171.0093717
SteersMedium and Large 1880124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,09111
SteersMedium and Large 1427179.00/cwt179.00–179.0076411
SteersMedium and Large 1731134.00/cwt134.00–134.009805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2689119.28/cwt118.25–120.2582221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771125.50/cwt125.50–125.5096860
SteersMedium and Large 1-2749118.00/cwt118.00–118.008847
SteersMedium and Large 1780131.36/cwt128.75–135.501,025100
SteersMedium and Large 1571153.21/cwt149.00–155.0087530
SteersMedium and Large 1634151.61/cwt144.00–156.0096124
HeifersMedium and Large 1717127.14/cwt126.60–128.75912184
HeifersMedium and Large 1697135.00/cwt135.00–135.0094175
HeifersMedium and Large 1572131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074924
HeifersMedium and Large 1869105.50/cwt105.50–105.5091713
HeifersMedium and Large 1438159.00/cwt159.00–159.0069613
HeifersMedium and Large 1530131.00/cwt131.00–131.006945

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.