Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, Demand was 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 $276.52/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −154.42 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$276.52

140 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.17

vs NE average

+23.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	276.52	1,499	140

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 sale140 hd

276.52

—

NE average11 barns · 2,324 hd

276.69

−0.17

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

+23.84

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−154.42

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

38 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	550–600	563	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,919	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	287.44/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,408	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	304.52/cwt	298.00–316.00	1,273	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,056	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	355.01/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,370	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	332.83/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,561	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	257.50/cwt	250.00–265.25	2,135	389
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,537	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	262.89/cwt	258.50–266.00	1,901	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	248.24/cwt	243.50–251.50	1,854	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	297.55/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,726	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	238.35/cwt	238.35–238.35	2,212	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	257.37/cwt	250.00–262.50	2,257	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	238.95/cwt	234.50–242.45	1,952	655
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,709	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	355.68/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,547	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	231.17/cwt	223.00–232.00	2,111	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	337.65/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,270	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,203	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	275.17/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,464	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,377	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	384.37/cwt	384.00–385.00	1,445	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,558	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	314.08/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,765	170
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,323	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,182	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	319.79/cwt	316.00–332.50	1,055	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	243.06/cwt	236.50–251.50	1,886	581
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,481	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	235.93/cwt	226.00–239.00	2,048	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,336	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,795	37

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

Sat Oct 12, 2024

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

Receipts 4,150Last week 900Year ago 2,715

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	306	345.00	345.00
23	350–400	386	352.50–360.00	355.01
30	400–450	441	303.00	303.00
15	450–500	474	312.50	312.50
6	550–600	563	281.00	281.00
37	700–750	745	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
13	250–300	285	1,050.00	1,050.00
19	300–350	345	399.00	399.00
74	350–400	376	384.00–385.00	384.37
95	400–450	435	352.00–365.00	355.68
200	450–500	469	320.00–339.00	332.83
44	500–550	513	320.00	320.00
239	550–600	580	287.00–305.00	297.55
59	700–750	723	258.50–266.00	262.89
389	800–850	829	250.00–265.25	257.50
134	850–900	877	250.00–262.50	257.37
95	900–950	928	238.35	238.35
15	950–1000	958	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	450–500	453	344.00	344.00
170	550–600	562	312.00–317.00	314.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	614	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	300.00	300.00
23	850–900	853	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	276	925.00	925.00
24	300–350	330	316.00–332.50	319.79
67	350–400	376	336.00–339.00	337.65
75	400–450	418	298.00–316.00	304.52
76	450–500	490	275.00–290.00	287.44
73	500–550	532	260.00–281.00	275.17
67	550–600	553	278.00	278.00
72	650–700	651	262.50	262.50
169	700–750	747	243.50–251.50	248.24
581	750–800	776	236.50–251.50	243.06
655	800–850	817	234.50–242.45	238.95
235	850–900	868	226.00–239.00	235.93
66	900–950	913	223.00–232.00	231.17
11	950–1000	974	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	250.50	250.50

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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