Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-03-14

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 14
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,200 head
1,080 vs last sale 1,120 25 vs year ago 2,225 · 1.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $218.99/cwt on 1,084 head.
Average price
$218.99
1,084 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,464
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.35
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675219.581,483982
Medium and Large 1-2602213.271,285102
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,084 hd
218.99
NE average10 barns · 13,943 hd
221.33
−2.35
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

25 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 1434243.07/cwt235.00–250.001,055103
HeifersMedium and Large 1733186.55/cwt185.00–190.001,367111
HeifersMedium and Large 1812178.41/cwt178.25–178.501,449182
HeifersMedium and Large 1774177.69/cwt175.00–180.001,375334
SteersMedium and Large 1631235.27/cwt232.00–241.001,485136
SteersMedium and Large 1467260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,21419
SteersMedium and Large 1426255.01/cwt254.00–258.001,08640
SteersMedium and Large 1-2644206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,32767
SteersMedium and Large 1360258.00/cwt258.00–258.0092913
SteersMedium and Large 1667229.97/cwt229.00–231.001,534153
SteersMedium and Large 1342260.00/cwt260.00–260.008897
SteersMedium and Large 1871188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,63772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1587
SteersMedium and Large 1740209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,54781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3497
SteersMedium and Large 1533242.89/cwt239.00–249.001,295185
SteersMedium and Large 1783192.23/cwt186.00–195.001,505199
SteersMedium and Large 1-2459242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,11121
SteersMedium and Large 1848188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,59477
HeifersMedium and Large 1662193.80/cwt188.00–199.001,28393
HeifersMedium and Large 1488232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,13276
HeifersMedium and Large 1577208.18/cwt200.50–216.001,20172
HeifersMedium and Large 1612203.38/cwt196.00–213.501,24548
HeifersMedium and Large 1339241.95/cwt238.00–245.0082026
HeifersMedium and Large 1509229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,16612

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.