▼ 1,325 vs last sale 2,100▼ 75 vs year ago 850 · −8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $220.33/cwt on 449 head.
Average price
$220.33
449 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,207
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$477
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.57
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
550
220.51
1,214
443
Medium and Large 1-2
356
207.00
737
6thin
One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $477 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale449 hd
220.33
—
NE average10 barns · 22,110 hd
198.75
+21.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
302
246.00/cwt
246.00–246.00
743
6
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
356
207.00/cwt
207.00–207.00
737
6
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
373
259.00/cwt
259.00–259.00
966
14
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
489
225.84/cwt
211.00–228.50
1,104
44
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
526
230.91/cwt
224.50–232.00
1,215
138
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
584
215.08/cwt
212.00–218.00
1,256
186
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
619
195.92/cwt
195.00–197.00
1,213
55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
372
214.43/cwt
213.00–215.00
798
24
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
440
215.00/cwt
215.00–215.00
946
8
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
494
222.50/cwt
222.50–222.50
1,099
11
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
521
206.94/cwt
195.00–212.00
1,078
148
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
572
193.50/cwt
193.50–193.50
1,107
13
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
656
180.50/cwt
180.50–180.50
1,184
53
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
148
—
521
195.00–212.00
206.94
8
—
440
215.00
215.00
11
—
494
222.50
222.50
13
—
572
193.50
193.50
24
—
372
213.00–215.00
214.43
53
—
656
180.50
180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
138
—
526
224.50–232.00
230.91
186
—
584
212.00–218.00
215.08
6
—
302
246.00
246.00
14
—
373
259.00
259.00
44
—
489
211.00–228.50
225.84
55
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Jan 31 · 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-1854/2023-01-31
—
619
195.00–197.00
195.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
6
—
356
207.00
207.00
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.