Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-02-14

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,680 head
905 vs last sale 775 145 vs year ago 1,825 · 7.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.86/cwt on 1,036 head.
Average price
$183.86
1,036 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674184.251,242989
Medium and Large 1-2659175.471,15747
One grade step is worth $8.79/cwt here — about $85 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 sale1,036 hd
183.86
NE average7 barns · 9,541 hd
180.16
+3.70
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

22 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 1818180.55/cwt180.00–181.501,47771
SteersMedium and Large 1568217.49/cwt204.00–224.001,23568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,03818
SteersMedium and Large 1851182.35/cwt182.35–182.351,55277
HeifersMedium and Large 1726177.52/cwt170.00–184.751,289440
HeifersMedium and Large 1640196.04/cwt187.75–200.501,255207
SteersMedium and Large 1481220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0585
SteersMedium and Large 1380223.00/cwt223.00–223.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,18825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637176.00/cwt175.00–177.501,12122
SteersMedium and Large 1735188.89/cwt187.00–190.001,38886
SteersMedium and Large 1907172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,56572
SteersMedium and Large 1415229.00/cwt229.00–229.0095013
SteersMedium and Large 1608204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,24010
SteersMedium and Large 1789180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,42251
SteersMedium and Large 1687201.15/cwt200.50–201.501,38229
HeifersMedium and Large 1532195.30/cwt185.00–199.001,039101
HeifersMedium and Large 1780170.75/cwt170.75–170.751,33286
HeifersMedium and Large 1662188.37/cwt185.50–190.501,24773
HeifersMedium and Large 1567186.93/cwt183.00–194.001,06068
HeifersMedium and Large 1328206.00/cwt206.00–206.006769
HeifersMedium and Large 1824162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3395

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.