Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2021-09-14

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,275 head
▲ 1,675 vs last sale 600▲ 1,935 vs year ago 340 · +569.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no sale. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.34/cwt on 1,294 head.
Average price
$157.34
1,294 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673157.751,0621,262
Medium and Large 1-2602141.0084932
One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $213 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 sale1,294 hd
157.34
—
NE average7 barns · 6,223 hd
152.77
+4.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1332230.74/cwt229.00–232.0076646
Steers—Medium and Large 1355215.00/cwt215.00–215.0076313
Steers—Medium and Large 1440196.39/cwt195.00–201.0086489
Steers—Medium and Large 1459204.38/cwt192.00–208.50938115
Steers—Medium and Large 1532190.19/cwt184.00–195.501,012118
Steers—Medium and Large 1584181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,05734
Steers—Medium and Large 1627169.53/cwt168.00–170.001,063110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638150.00/cwt150.00–150.0095743
Steers—Medium and Large 1655161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,05554
Steers—Medium and Large 1726156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,13330
Steers—Medium and Large 1782158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,23940
Steers—Medium and Large 1816156.91/cwt155.00–158.001,280106
Steers—Medium and Large 1875151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,32351
Steers—Medium and Large 1955153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,464118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323181.20/cwt181.00–182.0058539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415177.37/cwt173.00–180.00736157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487164.49/cwt163.00–172.5080195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1501169.00/cwt169.00–169.0084755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558165.00/cwt165.00–165.0092119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2602141.00/cwt141.00–141.0084932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623155.00/cwt155.00–155.0096680
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662156.91/cwt153.00–159.001,039217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1746156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,167125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,19684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,226116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867146.09/cwt142.25–148.001,267268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2467

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.