▼ 1,300 vs last sale 1,825▼ 890 vs year ago 1,415 · −62.9%
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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a very cold day.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.98/cwt on 374 head.
Average price
$156.98
374 head · 884 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,388
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$38.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.68
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
861
159.52
1,374
349
Large 1-2
1,200
121.50
1,458
25
One grade step is worth $38.02/cwt here — about −$84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale374 hd
156.98
—
NE average8 barns · 14,085 hd
176.66
−19.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
480
216.00/cwt
216.00–216.00
1,037
13
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
544
195.00/cwt
195.00–195.00
1,061
5
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
609
192.76/cwt
190.00–194.00
1,174
20
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
795
161.35/cwt
161.35–161.35
1,283
65
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
820
158.00/cwt
158.00–158.00
1,296
21
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
902
156.00/cwt
156.00–156.00
1,407
124
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
978
147.37/cwt
145.00–150.00
1,441
101
Steers
—
Large 1-2
1,200
121.50/cwt
121.50–121.50
1,458
25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
512
180.00/cwt
180.00–180.00
922
8
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
578
167.00/cwt
167.00–167.00
965
5
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
742
153.75/cwt
153.75–153.75
1,141
65
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
796
143.00/cwt
143.00–143.00
1,138
15
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
836
143.10/cwt
143.10–143.10
1,196
11
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a very cold day.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
101
—
978
145.00–150.00
147.37
65
—
795
161.35
161.35
20
—
609
190.00–194.00
192.76
13
—
480
216.00
216.00
5
—
544
195.00
195.00
124
—
902
156.00
156.00
21
—
820
158.00
158.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
25
—
1,200
121.50
121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
65
—
742
153.75
153.75
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Feb 22 · 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-1854/2022-02-22
15
—
796
143.00
143.00
11
—
836
143.10
143.10
8
—
512
180.00
180.00
5
—
578
167.00
167.00
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.