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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves was 10.00 - 30.00 higher. Steers weighing 800 lbs 6.00 lower. Heifers over 650 was 1.00 higher. Demand was good. Quite a few, bawling calves, coming several weeks earlier than normal due to the extremely dry conditions in the area.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $207.45/cwt on 688 head.
Average price
$207.45
688 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,385
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.59
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
668
207.45
1,385
688
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale688 hd
207.45
—
NE average5 barns · 3,436 hd
200.86
+6.59
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
319
267.72/cwt
260.00–272.50
854
78
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
391
260.51/cwt
257.50–265.00
1,019
91
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
411
254.71/cwt
252.50–256.00
1,047
63
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
742
186.05/cwt
176.50–188.00
1,380
83
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
789
179.51/cwt
178.00–181.00
1,416
150
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
831
180.00/cwt
180.00–180.00
1,496
56
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
877
177.50/cwt
177.50–177.50
1,557
167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
318
236.63/cwt
225.00–242.50
752
61
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
373
249.85/cwt
238.00–257.50
932
43
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
396
214.00/cwt
214.00–214.00
847
29
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
406
232.00/cwt
232.00–232.00
942
40
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
558
181.00/cwt
181.00–181.00
1,010
21
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
669
173.15/cwt
162.00–175.00
1,158
152
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
773
172.27/cwt
169.00–176.50
1,332
253
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, steer and heifer calves was 10.00 - 30.00 higher. Steers weighing 800 lbs 6.00 lower. Heifers over 650 was 1.00 higher. Demand was good. Quite a few, bawling calves, coming several weeks earlier than normal due to the extremely dry conditions in the area.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
167
—
877
177.50
177.50
91
—
391
257.50–265.00
260.51
150
—
789
178.00–181.00
179.51
56
—
831
180.00
180.00
63
—
411
252.50–256.00
254.71
78
—
319
260.00–272.50
267.72
83
—
742
176.50–188.00
186.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
21
—
558
181.00
181.00
40
—
406
232.00
232.00
43
—
373
238.00–257.50
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Jul 26 · 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-1854/2022-07-26
249.85
61
—
318
225.00–242.50
236.63
152
—
669
162.00–175.00
173.15
253
—
773
169.00–176.50
172.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
29
—
396
214.00
214.00
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.