Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-10-04

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 4
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,200 head
925 vs last sale 1,275 628 vs year ago 2,828 · 22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher except a flat 500 lbs steer sold 8.00 higher. Heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 with a 400-450 lbs heifers 10.00 higher. No trend on yearling steers and heifers. Demand was good , on a good selection at Imperials anniversary sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $212.65/cwt on 1,167 head.
Average price
$212.65
1,167 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.63
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535213.131,1401,109
Medium and Large 1-2484203.5798558
One grade step is worth $9.55/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,167 hd
212.65
NE average9 barns · 11,203 hd
203.02
+9.63
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

21 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 1661192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,26974
SteersMedium and Large 1869174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,51656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,03640
SteersMedium and Large 1367249.42/cwt240.00–250.50915100
SteersMedium and Large 1634189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1987
HeifersMedium and Large 1559188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0515
SteersMedium and Large 1440225.51/cwt216.00–236.00992268
SteersMedium and Large 1566207.08/cwt199.00–214.001,172212
SteersMedium and Large 1777185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,43774
HeifersMedium and Large 1392197.87/cwt190.00–204.0077654
HeifersMedium and Large 1870160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,39250
HeifersMedium and Large 1780170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,32637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366227.07/cwt226.00–228.0083118
SteersMedium and Large 1467213.98/cwt204.00–223.00999170
SteersMedium and Large 1538214.24/cwt200.00–219.501,153148
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436195.10/cwt190.00–196.0085148
HeifersMedium and Large 1423208.87/cwt200.00–218.00884217
HeifersMedium and Large 1686179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,231148
HeifersMedium and Large 1493197.87/cwt191.00–200.00975104
HeifersMedium and Large 1504193.89/cwt190.00–196.5097785
HeifersMedium and Large 1331226.48/cwt225.00–227.0075076

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.