Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2020-09-15

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 15
● Final2 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
340 head
▼ 1,780 vs last sale 2,120▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.99/cwt on 330 head.
Average price
$150.99
330 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.37
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639154.50987170
Medium and Large 1-2623147.27917160
One grade step is worth $7.23/cwt here — about $70 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 sale330 hd
150.99
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NE average6 barns · 5,254 hd
140.62
+10.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

2 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623147.27/cwt147.00–147.50917160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639154.50/cwt154.50–154.50987170

This sale against other markets

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.