Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-08-02

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 2
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
902 head
488 vs last sale 1,390 123 vs year ago 1,025 · 12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week bawling calves sold unevenly steady. Yearling steers sold steady to 5.00 higher and yearling heifers sold 1.00 higher on a thin test. Demand was good for calves and feeder cattle. Summer grass is very dry and short grass in the trade area and that is why cattlemen sold spring calves months earlier than normal. Calves had branding vaccinations, thin fleshed and sold with weigh-up in the buyers favor. Some of the grass cattle might have lost a few pounds from turn out due to the drought conditions. Next special sale will be in two weeks on Aug 16.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.14/cwt on 476 head.
Average price
$184.14
476 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.43
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1686184.141,263476
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale476 hd
184.14
NE average6 barns · 6,447 hd
184.57
−0.43
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

20 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 1Spayed791173.65/cwt172.25–175.001,374142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed716188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,34685
SteersMedium and Large 1736187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,37647
SteersMedium and Large 1818189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,546137
SteersMedium and Large 1380247.92/cwt240.00–259.0094271
SteersLarge 1872173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,50936
SteersMedium and Large 1305259.00/cwt259.00–259.0079014
SteersMedium and Large 1278301.00/cwt301.00–301.008374
SteersMedium and Large 1698170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,18713
SteersMedium and Large 1418240.69/cwt240.00–241.001,00610
SteersLarge 1847178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,50820
HeifersMedium and Large 1713182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,301152
SteersMedium and Large 1588198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1646
SteersMedium and Large 1236282.00/cwt282.00–282.0066610
HeifersMedium and Large 1376213.47/cwt209.00–217.0080330
HeifersMedium and Large 1233500.00/head500.00–500.0050013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed652170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,10823
HeifersMedium and Large 1314219.39/cwt211.00–231.0068930
HeifersMedium and Large 1466188.00/cwt188.00–188.008768
HeifersMedium and Large 1903145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,3146

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.