▼ 1,699 vs last sale 2,610▼ 209 vs year ago 1,120 · −18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on the offerings offered today.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.12/cwt on 506 head.
Average price
$243.12
506 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−35.36
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
811
243.71
1,977
484
Medium and Large 1-2
845
230.00
1,944
22
One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale506 hd
243.12
—
NE average7 barns · 12,387 hd
278.47
−35.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
743
252.55/cwt
252.00–256.00
1,876
173
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
831
239.01/cwt
235.00–242.25
1,986
192
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
845
230.00/cwt
230.00–230.00
1,944
22
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
878
238.45/cwt
237.00–240.00
2,094
119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
716
237.00/cwt
237.00–237.00
1,697
19
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
772
230.14/cwt
228.50–232.50
1,777
302
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
821
211.50/cwt
211.50–211.50
1,736
59
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
851
210.00/cwt
210.00–210.00
1,787
6
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on the offerings offered today.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
22
—
845
230.00
230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
192
—
831
235.00–242.25
239.01
173
—
743
252.00–256.00
252.55
119
—
878
237.00–240.00
238.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
302
—
772
228.50–232.50
230.14
59
—
821
211.50
211.50
19
—
716
237.00
237.00
6
—
851
210.00
210.00
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.
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Tue, Feb 27 · 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-1854/2024-02-27