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 1—604240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,45017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,30028
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571266.82/cwt265.00–270.001,52430
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360320.82/cwt319.00–324.001,15545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—809230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,86188
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475278.72/cwt270.00–284.001,324108
SteersMedium and Large 1—471326.04/cwt320.00–332.001,536310
SteersMedium and Large 1—669260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7398
SteersMedium and Large 1—345401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,38317
SteersMedium and Large 1—634279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,76948
SteersMedium and Large 1—374386.28/cwt375.00–391.001,44567
SteersMedium and Large 1—748267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,99779
SteersMedium and Large 1—404327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,32110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—392347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,38616
SteersMedium and Large 1—536283.53/cwt271.00–290.501,52097
SteersMedium and Large 1—811248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,015110
SteersMedium and Large 1—569292.96/cwt281.50–299.001,667269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—372282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—746226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6869
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722247.82/cwt240.50–253.501,789335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765245.39/cwt240.00–251.001,877621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513272.00/cwt260.00–278.001,395139
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—501297.00/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.