Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-02-01

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2022-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 1

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Receipts

850 head

▼ 1,250 vs last sale 2,100▼ 1,325 vs year ago 2,175 · −60.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for the light supply of weaned calves and feeder cattle. Next week Feb 8 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.15/cwt on 484 head.

Average price

$157.15

484 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$177

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$23.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.66

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	180.50	1,036	6thin
Medium and Large 1	774	156.85	1,213	478

One grade step is worth $23.65/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale484 hd

157.15

—

NE average10 barns · 21,350 hd

176.81

−19.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

13 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	179.82/cwt	177.75–186.00	1,014	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,036	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	160.27/cwt	160.00–161.50	1,106	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	155.09/cwt	155.00–155.25	1,174	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,267	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,313	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,347	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	861	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	872	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	155.08/cwt	154.50–157.00	986	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	153.59/cwt	152.25–154.00	1,031	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	146.14/cwt	146.00–146.25	1,146	156
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,359	13

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Feb 1, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 850Last week 2,100Year ago 2,175

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for the light supply of weaned calves and feeder cattle. Next week Feb 8 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	857	153.25	153.25
103	—	757	155.00–155.25	155.09
88	—	690	160.00–161.50	160.27
40	—	564	177.75–186.00	179.82
11	—	942	143.00	143.00
140	—	828	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	784	146.00–146.25	146.14
108	—	671	152.25–154.00	153.59
79	—	636	154.50–157.00	155.08
13	—	1,045	130.00	130.00
5	—	538	160.00	160.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.