Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-01-11

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,860 head
▲ 1,010 vs last sale 1,850▼ 810 vs year ago 3,670 · −22.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was 2.00 - 5.00 lower and over 700 lbs was 6.00 - 9.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Demand was good all day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.33/cwt on 1,782 head.
Average price
$171.33
1,782 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,278
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.95
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750171.351,2851,737
Medium and Large 1-2592170.621,01145
One grade step is worth $0.73/cwt here — about $275 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 sale1,782 hd
171.33
—
NE average12 barns · 30,294 hd
178.28
−6.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1452206.00/cwt206.00–206.0093113
Steers—Medium and Large 1529193.41/cwt186.00–198.001,02348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570173.72/cwt173.00–174.0099029
Steers—Medium and Large 1586190.26/cwt187.00–192.501,115103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,04416
Steers—Medium and Large 1637172.43/cwt169.00–185.001,09862
Steers—Medium and Large 1672171.13/cwt166.50–176.501,150242
Steers—Medium and Large 1728173.16/cwt167.00–174.751,261343
Steers—Medium and Large 1783170.16/cwt166.00–173.501,332315
Steers—Medium and Large 1819165.90/cwt161.00–169.751,359395
Steers—Medium and Large 1877164.13/cwt163.50–165.001,439216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535174.08/cwt164.00–178.50931106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540160.00/cwt160.00–160.0086422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569157.25/cwt153.00–160.0089527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617158.96/cwt155.00–167.25981223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678151.62/cwt149.50–153.751,028176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731149.33/cwt140.50–152.251,09284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772150.29/cwt148.50–155.001,160194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1849140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,1917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,271131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy854138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,18317

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.