Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-11-08

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,135 head
▲ 410 vs last sale 725▲ 35 vs year ago 1,100 · +3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, most lots of steer calves sold 8.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. No comparable offerings for a market trend on yearlings. Demand was good for the light run of preg checked open heifers, yearling steers, weaned and bawling calves, Most lots of calves had fall vaccinations. Some calves running out in cornfields since feed resources are very short in the trade area. Next special sale will be in two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.11/cwt on 500 head.
Average price
$200.11
500 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,175
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$259
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.52
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2445207.0092111thin
Medium and Large 1590199.961,181489
One grade step is worth $7.04/cwt here — about −$259 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 sale500 hd
200.11
—
NE average11 barns · 17,117 hd
207.63
−7.52
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

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—685145.00/cwt145.00–145.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,125139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,56412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,023147.32/cwt147.00–147.501,50714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516184.50/cwt184.50–184.5095219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432196.22/cwt195.00–199.0084830
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457197.01/cwt190.00–201.0090038
SteersMedium and Large 1—768179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,37523
SteersMedium and Large 1—510208.83/cwt205.00–210.001,06555
SteersMedium and Large 1—416228.00/cwt228.00–228.009485
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—632168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,06320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—439184.00/cwt184.00–184.008085
SteersMedium and Large 1—465210.00/cwt210.00–210.0097746
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—689170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,17117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—445207.00/cwt207.00–207.0092111
SteersMedium and Large 1—309230.00/cwt230.00–230.0071117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—853170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,45067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—529175.50/cwt175.50–175.5092811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318205.57/cwt200.00–210.0065462
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—361253.00/cwt253.00–253.0091311
SteersMedium and Large 1—901178.45/cwt178.00–178.501,60853
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—612195.06/cwt192.00–198.001,194152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392202.74/cwt201.00–205.0079581
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573178.96/cwt171.00–181.751,025111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—553170.00/cwt170.00–170.0094014
SteersMedium and Large 1—393237.49/cwt222.00–242.0093332
SteersMedium and Large 1—580193.42/cwt190.00–200.001,12278
SteersMedium and Large 1—285635.00/head635.00–635.0063511

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.