Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $271.00/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −157.69 against this barn's trailing median of $428.69.

Average price

$271.00

38 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.23

vs NE average

+13.41 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	271.00	1,686	38

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

6 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $446.43, low $409.00, median $428.69 across 6 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 sale38 hd

271.00

—

NE average4 barns · 231 hd

274.23

−3.23

National average161 barns · 8,093 hd

257.59

+13.41

This barn, trailing median6 sales

428.69

−157.69

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

12 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 1-2	800–850	805	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,916	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,012	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	243.62/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,110	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,848	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,207	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,686	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	229.81/cwt	228.25–232.00	1,901	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,775	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,990	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	7

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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Receipts 810Last week 300Year ago 310

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	800–850	805	238.00	238.00
9	950–1000	958	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	622	271.00	271.00
79	700–750	700	264.00	264.00
257	850–900	866	240.00–245.00	243.62
49	900–950	943	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	663	250.00	250.00
14	700–750	745	237.00	237.00
38	750–800	770	230.50	230.50
226	800–850	827	228.25–232.00	229.81
31	850–900	873	228.00	228.00
15	1050–1100	1,067	213.00	213.00

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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