Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-09-26

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 26
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
525 head
1,090 vs last sale 1,615 750 vs year ago 1,275 · 58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for a market comparison. Light run on bawling calves and some yearlings off short dry grass. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.90/cwt on 406 head.
Average price
$255.90
406 head · 708 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.87
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708255.901,812406
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale406 hd
255.90
NE average5 barns · 4,932 hd
257.77
−1.87
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

9 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 1426334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,42315
HeifersMedium and Large 1524301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,57726
HeifersMedium and Large 1802240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,92561
HeifersMedium and Large 1750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,87574
HeifersMedium and Large 1660263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,73687
HeifersMedium and Large 1739245.03/cwt243.00–247.001,811143
SteersMedium and Large 1477339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,61720
SteersMedium and Large 1811250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,02842
SteersMedium and Large 1588307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,80847

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.