Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-10-17

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 17
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,625 head
90 vs last sale 2,715 1,900 vs year ago 725 · +262.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale steers were 6.00 - 20.00 higher except over 550 were steady - 6.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on all weights.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.29/cwt on 1,427 head.
Average price
$254.29
1,427 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.63
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685254.341,7411,411
Medium and Large 1-2582250.501,45916thin
One grade step is worth $3.84/cwt here — about $282 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 sale1,427 hd
254.29
NE average10 barns · 8,443 hd
260.92
−6.63
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

24 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 1604240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,45017
HeifersMedium and Large 1414314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,30028
HeifersMedium and Large 1571266.82/cwt265.00–270.001,52430
HeifersMedium and Large 1360320.82/cwt319.00–324.001,15545
HeifersMedium and Large 1809230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,86188
HeifersMedium and Large 1475278.72/cwt270.00–284.001,324108
SteersMedium and Large 1471326.04/cwt320.00–332.001,536310
SteersMedium and Large 1669260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7398
SteersMedium and Large 1345401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,38317
SteersMedium and Large 1634279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,76948
SteersMedium and Large 1374386.28/cwt375.00–391.001,44567
SteersMedium and Large 1748267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,99779
SteersMedium and Large 1404327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,32110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,38616
SteersMedium and Large 1536283.53/cwt271.00–290.501,52097
SteersMedium and Large 1811248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,015110
SteersMedium and Large 1569292.96/cwt281.50–299.001,667269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2746226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6869
HeifersMedium and Large 1722247.82/cwt240.50–253.501,789335
HeifersMedium and Large 1765245.39/cwt240.00–251.001,877621
HeifersMedium and Large 1513272.00/cwt260.00–278.001,395139
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy501297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,48840

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.