Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.81/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −148.14 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$282.81

30 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.38

vs NE average

+12.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	282.81	1,547	30

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 sale30 hd

282.81

—

NE average7 barns · 1,223 hd

289.18

−6.38

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+12.62

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−148.14

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

24 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	303	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,038	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	260.73/cwt	249.00–273.00	1,611	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,201	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	282.14/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,518	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	255.75/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,680	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	263.30/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,888	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,661	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,339	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,332	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	252.38/cwt	250.50–263.00	1,860	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	348.97/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,825	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	235.29/cwt	228.75–242.00	1,823	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	233.43/cwt	228.50–237.00	1,947	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,656	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,194	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,821	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,564	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,123	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	249.85/cwt	249.85–249.85	2,141	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	262.89/cwt	250.00–264.50	2,037	72

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 1,366Last week 830Year ago 775

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	342.50	342.50
5	300–350	313	1,050.00	1,050.00
21	350–400	364	330.00	330.00
23	500–550	538	274.00–285.00	282.14
7	550–600	576	285.00	285.00
12	600–650	618	249.00–273.00	260.73
49	650–700	657	243.00–259.00	255.75
174	700–750	737	250.50–263.00	252.38
212	750–800	775	228.75–242.00	235.29
317	800–850	834	228.50–237.00	233.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	722	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	397	394.00	394.00
11	400–450	437	379.00	379.00
73	500–550	523	345.00–351.00	348.97
6	550–600	564	331.00	331.00
11	600–650	607	300.00	300.00
18	700–750	717	252.00–269.00	263.30
72	750–800	775	250.00–264.50	262.89
54	800–850	827	256.75	256.75
65	850–900	857	249.85	249.85
89	900–950	915	239.75	239.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	346.00	346.00
10	450–500	494	271.00	271.00
6	500–550	529	299.00	299.00

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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