Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-02-01

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
850 head
1,250 vs last sale 2,100 1,325 vs year ago 2,175 · 60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for the light supply of weaned calves and feeder cattle. Next week Feb 8 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.15/cwt on 484 head.
Average price
$157.15
484 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.66
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574180.501,0366thin
Medium and Large 1774156.851,213478
One grade step is worth $23.65/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale484 hd
157.15
NE average10 barns · 21,350 hd
176.81
−19.66
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1857153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,31396
SteersMedium and Large 1757155.09/cwt155.00–155.251,174103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,0366
SteersMedium and Large 1690160.27/cwt160.00–161.501,10688
SteersMedium and Large 1564179.82/cwt177.75–186.001,01440
SteersMedium and Large 1942143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,34711
SteersMedium and Large 1828153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,267140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581150.00/cwt150.00–150.008725
HeifersMedium and Large 1784146.14/cwt146.00–146.251,146156
HeifersMedium and Large 1671153.59/cwt152.25–154.001,031108
HeifersMedium and Large 1636155.08/cwt154.50–157.0098679
HeifersMedium and Large 11,045130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,35913
HeifersMedium and Large 1538160.00/cwt160.00–160.008615

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.