Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-01-09

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,502 head
▲ 682 vs last sale 820▼ 298 vs year ago 1,800 · −16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good in the house and the internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $281.29/cwt on 970 head.
Average price
$281.29
970 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$360
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$50.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.19
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2443328.801,45859
Medium and Large 1654278.211,818911
One grade step is worth $50.59/cwt here — about −$360 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 sale970 hd
281.29
—
NE average12 barns · 19,648 hd
268.09
+13.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 1420361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,51659
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429335.12/cwt326.00–337.001,43853
Steers—Medium and Large 1450347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,56412
Steers—Medium and Large 1521297.98/cwt289.00–301.001,55271
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed549324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,77969
Steers—Medium and Large 1561311.04/cwt301.00–312.001,745153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5596
Steers—Medium and Large 1612288.85/cwt278.00–291.001,76860
Steers—Medium and Large 1659267.26/cwt260.00–268.851,761266
Steers—Medium and Large 1791229.75/cwt229.75–229.751,81783
Steers—Medium and Large 1802230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,84543
Steers—Medium and Large 1972205.25/cwt205.25–205.251,99595
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412312.93/cwt303.00–315.501,289151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,30152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed466295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516250.50/cwt247.00–263.001,29343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536283.47/cwt268.00–286.001,519152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,44962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4466

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.