▼ 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 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.
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.
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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
6
—
574
180.50
180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
5
—
581
150.00
150.00
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Feb 1 · 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-1854/2022-02-01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
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.