Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on a nice selection offered, both feeder and grass cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.96/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −140.99 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$289.96

89 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.08

vs NE average

+13.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	289.96	1,612	89

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $421.95, median $430.95 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale89 hd

289.96

—

NE average8 barns · 1,039 hd

289.88

+0.08

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+13.79

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−140.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	325.30/cwt	321.00–329.50	1,376	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	298.37/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,540	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	220.29/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,771	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	285.90/cwt	272.00–287.50	1,644	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	318.95/cwt	315.50–322.00	1,480	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	238.94/cwt	236.50–240.00	1,828	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	245.75/cwt	244.25–247.00	1,678	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	358.39/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,667	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	255.71/cwt	253.00–257.75	1,964	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,039	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,915	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,748	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	252.51/cwt	250.50–253.00	2,091	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,722	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	2,086	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	260.96/cwt	253.00–263.50	1,660	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	244.92/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,754	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,854	62

How this sale compares

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE

Tue Mar 12, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,581Last week 911Year ago 2,200

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on a nice selection offered, both feeder and grass cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	326.00	326.00
14	400–450	423	321.00–329.50	325.30
64	450–500	464	315.50–322.00	318.95
29	500–550	516	293.00–310.00	298.37
60	550–600	575	272.00–287.50	285.90
138	600–650	636	253.00–263.50	260.96
78	650–700	683	244.25–247.00	245.75
149	700–750	716	244.00–246.00	244.92
215	750–800	765	236.50–240.00	238.94
45	800–850	804	220.00–221.00	220.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	750–800	791	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
45	450–500	465	351.00–360.00	358.39
9	500–550	514	335.00	335.00
84	550–600	583	328.50	328.50
62	600–650	622	298.00	298.00
145	700–750	727	280.50	280.50
131	750–800	768	253.00–257.75	255.71
174	800–850	828	250.50–253.00	252.51
22	900–950	906	230.25	230.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	634	273.00	273.00

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.

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