Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2021-12-14

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,784 head
▲ 684 vs last sale 1,100▲ 1,784 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a market trend is not applicable. However as sharply higher undertone was noted on all weights on hand. Demand was good with several buyers in attendance and bidding was active from the internet. Bulk of the sale was longtime weaned calves with some bawlers in the mix with majority selling in light flesh. Next week will be a regular sale with Special calf and feeder sale on Jan 4, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.93/cwt on 1,057 head.
Average price
$184.93
1,057 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568185.071,0511,045
Medium and Large 1-2502172.3386512thin
One grade step is worth $12.74/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,057 hd
184.93
—
NE average10 barns · 15,694 hd
182.57
+2.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed281600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,68611
Steers—Medium and Large 1322224.27/cwt215.00–228.0072217
Steers—Medium and Large 1373225.00/cwt225.00–225.008397
Steers—Medium and Large 1430209.50/cwt209.00–210.0090144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430188.00/cwt188.00–188.0080832
Steers—Medium and Large 1457207.84/cwt196.00–213.00950156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461177.00/cwt177.00–177.008165
Steers—Medium and Large 1504192.57/cwt189.00–195.0097150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524170.34/cwt166.00–178.0089338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531169.00/cwt169.00–169.008977
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572160.50/cwt160.50–160.5091815
Steers—Medium and Large 1577186.46/cwt180.50–189.001,076336
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,11073
Steers—Medium and Large 1628167.77/cwt161.00–172.001,05428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned652156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,01746
Steers—Medium and Large 1661160.59/cwt159.00–166.001,06174
Steers—Medium and Large 1716172.28/cwt160.50–175.001,234129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2195450.00/cwt450.00–450.008786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295193.00/cwt193.00–193.005697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314182.00/cwt182.00–182.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387182.79/cwt181.50–186.0070755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411179.19/cwt175.50–182.5073645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477179.59/cwt179.00–180.0085762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484162.73/cwt160.00–166.5078854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501156.00/cwt156.00–156.0078232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538163.89/cwt161.00–166.0088273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550145.00/cwt145.00–145.0079814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed563167.50/cwt167.50–167.5094363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585150.24/cwt148.00–156.0087991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628148.97/cwt145.00–152.5093651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629144.88/cwt144.50–145.0091116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,34253

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.