Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-01-04

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,850 head
66 vs last sale 1,784 1,850 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, do to no feeder sale. Demand was good, with a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.24/cwt on 998 head.
Average price
$179.24
998 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.40
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628179.511,127919
Medium and Large 1-2550176.1996879
One grade step is worth $3.32/cwt here — about $158 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 sale998 hd
179.24
NE average4 barns · 4,449 hd
173.84
+5.40
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

23 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 1414212.30/cwt210.00–215.0087943
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy699162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,13254
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed517186.00/cwt186.00–186.0096262
HeifersMedium and Large 1533176.28/cwt171.50–181.00940155
HeifersMedium and Large 1560172.97/cwt166.00–179.00969124
SteersMedium and Large 1467205.26/cwt200.00–208.0095941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415168.00/cwt168.00–168.006975
SteersMedium and Large 1372223.00/cwt223.00–223.0083022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578170.66/cwt170.00–176.0098645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483187.00/cwt187.00–187.0090327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0617
SteersMedium and Large 1620177.59/cwt168.00–182.001,10182
SteersMedium and Large 1565189.66/cwt185.00–196.001,072168
SteersMedium and Large 1657173.63/cwt165.50–177.001,141162
SteersMedium and Large 1526189.55/cwt180.00–195.0099785
SteersMedium and Large 1726167.54/cwt166.00–169.001,216125
HeifersMedium and Large 1631161.65/cwt158.00–163.001,020169
HeifersMedium and Large 1481187.58/cwt182.00–189.0090281
HeifersMedium and Large 1717156.19/cwt153.00–158.251,12075
HeifersMedium and Large 1668154.79/cwt151.00–157.001,03459
HeifersMedium and Large 1376177.55/cwt174.00–180.0066845
HeifersMedium and Large 1441182.06/cwt181.50–183.0080335
SteersMedium and Large 1776161.75/cwt161.75–161.751,255137

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.