Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-04-25

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 25
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
775 head
85 vs last sale 860 585 vs year ago 1,360 · 43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.54/cwt on 372 head.
Average price
$204.54
372 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$414
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.49
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2480210.001,00815thin
Medium and Large 1696204.311,422357
One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$414 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 sale372 hd
204.54
NE average6 barns · 5,158 hd
210.03
−5.49
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

18 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 1422236.00/cwt236.00–236.009965
HeifersMedium and Large 1378242.75/cwt240.00–247.0091813
HeifersMedium and Large 1636204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,29713
HeifersMedium and Large 1528211.69/cwt210.00–215.001,11815
HeifersMedium and Large 1479244.26/cwt242.50–248.001,17040
HeifersMedium and Large 1715197.11/cwt196.50–198.001,40971
SteersMedium and Large 1299301.00/cwt301.00–301.009005
SteersMedium and Large 1577212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2236
SteersMedium and Large 1965181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7476
SteersMedium and Large 1370293.39/cwt292.00–294.001,08617
SteersMedium and Large 1444288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,27923
SteersMedium and Large 1494263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,30226
HeifersMedium and Large 1777195.05/cwt192.00–197.001,516200
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,00815
SteersMedium and Large 1682210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,43230
SteersMedium and Large 1803209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,68265
SteersMedium and Large 1790207.02/cwt206.50–207.501,635142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2794190.62/cwt190.00–192.001,51435

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.