Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 775 lbs steers sold 4.00 lower and 7 weight heifers sold fully steady on a thin test. Demand was good. Light run of attractive longtime weaned steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $233.86/cwt on 328 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −108.59 against this barn's trailing median of $342.45.

Average price

$233.86

328 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.28

vs NE average

+3.98 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	751	233.86	1,757	328

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

9 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $355.47, low $337.39, median $342.45 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale328 hd

233.86

—

NE average7 barns · 1,930 hd

240.14

−6.28

National average145 barns · 9,369 hd

229.88

+3.98

This barn, trailing median9 sales

342.45

−108.59

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

6 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	242.08/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,000	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	249.97/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,955	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,833	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	232.66/cwt	231.75–233.25	1,785	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	221.08/cwt	215.00–226.10	1,795	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,706	118

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 830Last week 1,300Year ago 860

Compared to last week, 775 lbs steers sold 4.00 lower and 7 weight heifers sold fully steady on a thin test. Demand was good. Light run of attractive longtime weaned steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	643	285.00	285.00
130	750–800	782	248.00–252.00	249.97
185	800–850	826	240.00–245.00	242.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	700–750	723	236.00	236.00
210	750–800	767	231.75–233.25	232.66
124	800–850	812	215.00–226.10	221.08

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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