Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2023-12-19

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 19
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
820 head
220 vs last sale 600 153 vs year ago 667 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on a good selection of feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.23/cwt on 399 head.
Average price
$225.23
399 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$690
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
40.57
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552229.561,26827
Medium and Large 1871224.911,959372
One grade step is worth $4.64/cwt here — about −$690 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 sale399 hd
225.23
NE average8 barns · 11,997 hd
265.80
−40.57
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 1808214.25/cwt214.25–214.251,731199
HeifersMedium and Large 1575261.80/cwt260.00–264.501,505171
HeifersMedium and Large 1509280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,42815
HeifersMedium and Large 1498283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,40914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,29121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1186
SteersMedium and Large 1856228.08/cwt226.50–234.001,952267
SteersMedium and Large 1990208.50/cwt208.50–208.502,06460
SteersMedium and Large 1800228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,82445

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.