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As filed
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Heifers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.31/cwt on 541 head.
Average price
$145.31
541 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.16
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
672
146.75
986
32
Medium and Large 1
807
145.22
1,172
509
One grade step is worth $1.53/cwt here — about −$186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale541 hd
145.31
—
NE average4 barns · 2,345 hd
156.47
−11.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
440
186.00/cwt
186.00–186.00
818
7
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
788
155.00/cwt
155.00–155.00
1,221
49
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
964
149.50/cwt
149.50–149.50
1,441
113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
615
165.00/cwt
165.00–165.00
1,015
28
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
672
146.75/cwt
146.75–146.75
986
32
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
685
159.50/cwt
159.50–159.50
1,093
64
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
749
147.00/cwt
147.00–147.00
1,101
57
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
806
140.00/cwt
140.00–140.00
1,128
68
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
864
141.06/cwt
137.50–143.00
1,219
292
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
32
—
672
146.75
146.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
292
—
864
137.50–143.00
141.06
68
—
806
140.00
140.00
64
—
685
159.50
159.50
57
—
749
147.00
147.00
28
—
615
165.00
165.00
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, May 10 · 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-1854/2022-05-10
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.