Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-02-27

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 27
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
911 head
1,699 vs last sale 2,610 209 vs year ago 1,120 · 18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on the offerings offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.12/cwt on 506 head.
Average price
$243.12
506 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
35.36
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1811243.711,977484
Medium and Large 1-2845230.001,94422
One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $33 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 sale506 hd
243.12
NE average7 barns · 12,387 hd
278.47
−35.36
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

8 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,94422
SteersMedium and Large 1831239.01/cwt235.00–242.251,986192
SteersMedium and Large 1743252.55/cwt252.00–256.001,876173
SteersMedium and Large 1878238.45/cwt237.00–240.002,094119
HeifersMedium and Large 1772230.14/cwt228.50–232.501,777302
HeifersMedium and Large 1821211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,73659
HeifersMedium and Large 1716237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,69719
HeifersMedium and Large 1851210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7876

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.