Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $276.50/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −109.38 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$276.50

72 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.70

vs NE average

+29.06 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	276.50	1,858	72

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $362.56, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

276.50

—

NE average6 barns · 511 hd

273.80

+2.70

National average168 barns · 7,431 hd

247.44

+29.06

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

−109.38

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

14 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	650–700	664	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,068	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	236.86/cwt	230.00–243.50	1,919	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,858	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,038	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,894	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,447	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	243.21/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,732	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	242.79/cwt	235.75–248.00	1,894	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,881	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	223.27/cwt	221.00–225.00	2,101	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	266.95/cwt	256.50–271.00	2,101	78

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 May 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,175Last week 1,366Year ago 775

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	536	341.00	341.00
68	650–700	664	311.50	311.50
78	750–800	787	256.50–271.00	266.95
12	800–850	831	240.00	240.00
177	900–950	941	221.00–225.00	223.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	323.00	323.00
72	650–700	672	276.50	276.50
297	700–750	745	250.00–255.00	252.49
120	750–800	780	235.75–248.00	242.79
111	800–850	810	230.00–243.50	236.86
51	850–900	891	228.75	228.75
24	900–950	902	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	700–750	712	243.00–244.00	243.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	722	220.00	220.00

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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