Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2022-09-13

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
2,900 head
▲ 2,625 vs last sale 275▲ 625 vs year ago 2,275 · +27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection of calves and feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.70/cwt on 1,549 head.
Average price
$187.70
1,549 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.18
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2395198.4378330
Medium and Large 1623187.491,1691,519
One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale1,549 hd
187.70
—
NE average8 barns · 10,067 hd
185.52
+2.18
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322230.00/cwt230.00–230.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 1346266.19/cwt258.00–271.0092139
Steers—Medium and Large 1399246.00/cwt246.00–246.009828
Steers—Medium and Large 1429237.38/cwt227.00–245.001,018275
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy454239.37/cwt237.00–242.001,08791
Steers—Medium and Large 1489218.16/cwt211.00–226.001,06781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,01721
Steers—Medium and Large 1520227.69/cwt216.50–239.001,184266
Steers—Medium and Large 1590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,23925
Steers—Medium and Large 1621202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,25449
Steers—Medium and Large 1717193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,38784
Steers—Medium and Large 1860181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,557126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333208.48/cwt204.00–216.0069449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382219.36/cwt211.00–231.00838105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385201.00/cwt201.00–201.0077423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426208.85/cwt201.00–216.00890132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426190.00/cwt190.00–190.008097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy456213.56/cwt213.00–214.50974117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468200.11/cwt185.00–207.00937239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,10636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681178.61/cwt176.00–179.501,21676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732179.39/cwt172.00–180.001,313217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771170.87/cwt165.50–172.251,317440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925156.72/cwt156.00–157.001,45077
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,059146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,54616

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.