Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-08-23

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,300 head
450 vs last sale 850 1,300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 8.00 - 20.00 higher and heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 higher.

Demand was good on the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $215.84/cwt on 743 head.
Average price
$215.84
743 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$249
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.60
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504223.191,12570
Medium and Large 1639215.081,375673
One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale743 hd
215.84
NE average6 barns · 5,877 hd
205.24
+10.60
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

24 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 1839160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3427
HeifersMedium and Large 1741175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,29713
HeifersMedium and Large 1334222.00/cwt222.00–222.0074120
HeifersMedium and Large 1488205.69/cwt195.50–210.751,00453
HeifersMedium and Large 1368236.88/cwt231.00–241.0087278
HeifersMedium and Large 1430222.22/cwt211.00–231.0095683
SteersMedium and Large 1324271.91/cwt271.00–275.0088122
SteersMedium and Large 1692187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,29416
SteersMedium and Large 1907160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,45117
SteersMedium and Large 1381263.14/cwt241.00–277.001,00367
SteersMedium and Large 1735193.08/cwt186.50–194.001,41970
SteersMedium and Large 1802185.84/cwt180.00–188.001,49085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495219.85/cwt216.00–222.001,08833
SteersMedium and Large 1256300.00/cwt300.00–300.007685
SteersMedium and Large 1511228.15/cwt227.00–230.501,16687
SteersMedium and Large 1482247.60/cwt241.00–250.501,19398
SteersMedium and Large 1857181.92/cwt180.00–184.001,559136
SteersMedium and Large 1567201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1409
HeifersMedium and Large 1260510.00/head510.00–510.005106
HeifersMedium and Large 1785174.46/cwt165.00–175.001,370161
SteersMedium and Large 1992150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,48820
SteersMedium and Large 1412267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,10041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2796170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434241.66/cwt241.00–242.001,04929

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.