Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.26/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −121.69 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$309.26

155 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.53

vs NE average

+38.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	309.26	1,687	155

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 sale155 hd

309.26

—

NE average3 barns · 583 hd

304.73

+4.53

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+38.67

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−121.69

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

19 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	550–600	566	295.57/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,673	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	224.67/cwt	220.00–225.50	1,840	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,693	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	255.62/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,697	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	220.64/cwt	220.50–221.50	1,935	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	231.80/cwt	227.50–234.25	1,778	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,706	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,454	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,121	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	1,944	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	300.38/cwt	291.00–306.75	1,907	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	254.90/cwt	253.50–258.25	1,983	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	330.40/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,806	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,987	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,651	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,745	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,893	67

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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,300Last week 1,581Year ago 1,500

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	453	321.00	321.00
99	500–550	534	317.00	317.00
56	550–600	566	295.00–298.00	295.57
14	600–650	603	283.00	283.00
128	650–700	664	253.00–260.00	255.62
26	700–750	721	229.00	229.00
234	750–800	767	227.50–234.25	231.80
72	800–850	819	220.00–225.50	224.67
148	850–900	877	220.50–221.50	220.64
10	900–950	946	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	645	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	495	352.50	352.50
14	500–550	529	327.50–332.50	330.40
12	550–600	594	304.00	304.00
83	600–650	635	291.00–306.75	300.38
78	650–700	696	279.25	279.25
67	700–750	741	255.50	255.50
152	750–800	778	253.50–258.25	254.90
52	850–900	882	240.50	240.50

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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