▼ 1,850 vs last sale 2,275▼ 3,651 vs year ago 4,076 · −89.6%
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As filed
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.92/cwt on 237 head.
Average price
$184.92
237 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$927
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.74
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
503
185.28
932
231
Medium and Large 1-2
433
171.00
740
6thin
One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale237 hd
184.92
—
NE average6 barns · 7,674 hd
164.18
+20.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
385
195.22/cwt
187.00–201.00
752
28
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
433
171.00/cwt
171.00–171.00
740
6
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
475
191.96/cwt
183.50–199.00
912
89
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
533
178.80/cwt
178.50–180.00
953
63
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
579
176.17/cwt
175.00–176.50
1,020
51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
385
179.39/cwt
177.00–185.00
691
16
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
420
170.98/cwt
165.00–175.00
718
13
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
473
164.14/cwt
150.00–166.50
776
35
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
513
154.91/cwt
150.00–158.50
795
59
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
6
—
433
171.00
171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
89
—
475
183.50–199.00
191.96
63
—
533
178.50–180.00
178.80
51
—
579
175.00–176.50
176.17
28
—
385
187.00–201.00
195.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
59
—
513
150.00–158.50
154.91
35
—
473
150.00–166.50
164.14
16
—
385
177.00–185.00
179.39
13
—
420
165.00–175.00
170.98
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Sep 28 · slug 1854 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ne/imperial-auction-market-1854/2021-09-28
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.