Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.26/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −179.70 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$297.26

94 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs NE average

+29.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	298.74	1,628	89
Medium and Large 1-2	556	271.00	1,507	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.13, low $460.00, median $476.96 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 sale94 hd

297.26

—

NE average6 barns · 611 hd

293.56

+3.70

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+29.06

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−179.70

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

23 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	700–750	708	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,058	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	218.85/cwt	215.00–221.00	2,016	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,240	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,632	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,088	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,375	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	290.60/cwt	285.50–301.00	1,656	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	234.92/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,213	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	280.39/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,343	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	289.03/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,225	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	355.86/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,388	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	311.29/cwt	309.00–313.50	1,575	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	335.51/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,610	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	242.90/cwt	241.00–246.25	1,975	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	227.48/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,724	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,798	52

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 Sep 10, 2024

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

Receipts 1,020Last week 1,050Year ago 1,615

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	330.00	330.00
28	350–400	390	318.00	318.00
31	400–450	424	282.00–297.00	289.03
28	450–500	479	271.00–285.00	280.39
22	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
6	700–750	708	241.50	241.50
69	750–800	758	211.00–230.00	227.48
20	900–950	921	215.00–221.00	218.85
14	950–1000	953	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	548	251.00	251.00
49	700–750	722	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	556	271.00	271.00
27	900–950	922	226.50	226.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	390	345.00–357.50	355.86
6	400–450	444	300.00	300.00
54	450–500	480	330.00–339.00	335.51
35	500–550	506	309.00–313.50	311.29
54	550–600	570	285.50–301.00	290.60
5	600–650	645	269.00	269.00
52	650–700	697	258.00	258.00
148	800–850	813	241.00–246.25	242.90
170	900–950	942	230.00–238.00	234.92

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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