Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2020-08-18

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 18
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
265 head
635 vs last sale 900 265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.51/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$133.51
106 head · 875 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.79
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1872134.471,173101
Medium and Large 1-2926114.001,0565thin
One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $118 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 sale106 hd
133.51
NE average6 barns · 5,459 hd
145.30
−11.79
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

7 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2926114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0565
SteersMedium and Large 1895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,20850
SteersMedium and Large 1802140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,12940
SteersMedium and Large 11,026109.24/cwt107.00–112.001,12111
HeifersMedium and Large 1706141.50/cwt141.50–141.5099919
HeifersMedium and Large 1861133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,14518
HeifersMedium and Large 1619143.00/cwt143.00–143.008856

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.