Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.51/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −163.44 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$267.51

13 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.27

vs NE average

+27.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	267.51	1,509	13thin

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 sale13 hd

267.51

—

NE average5 barns · 231 hd

271.78

−4.27

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+27.42

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−163.44

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

17 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 1Fancy	450–500	496	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,433	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.50	1,509	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	301.94/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,329	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,948	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,132	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	243.87/cwt	243.75–244.00	1,888	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	314.54/cwt	309.00–318.00	1,604	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,096	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	335.16/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,558	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,749	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,955	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,795	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	246.42/cwt	241.00–247.00	2,104	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,309	91

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 900Last week 1,020Year ago 525

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	496	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	224	775.00	775.00
12	300–350	333	316.00	316.00
18	400–450	440	300.00–305.00	301.94
91	450–500	494	265.00	265.00
13	550–600	564	265.00–270.50	267.51
139	750–800	774	243.75–244.00	243.87
25	800–850	829	235.00	235.00
260	850–900	867	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	420	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	322	351.50	351.50
28	450–500	465	320.00–341.00	335.16
16	500–550	510	309.00–318.00	314.54
42	550–600	581	309.00	309.00
126	850–900	854	241.00–247.00	246.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	472	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	602	290.50	290.50

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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