Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate, buyers are wanting shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.47/cwt on 296 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −173.49 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$303.47

296 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.66

vs NE average

+4.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	304.84	1,679	283
Medium and Large 1-2	554	273.62	1,515	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $165 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 sale296 hd

303.47

—

NE average12 barns · 7,139 hd

312.12

−8.66

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+4.43

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−173.49

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

34 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 1Fancy	400–450	437	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,617	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,428	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	287.28/cwt	281.00–302.00	1,106	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	317.76/cwt	313.00–330.00	991	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	293.96/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,249	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	283.35/cwt	283.00–283.50	1,717	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,104	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	266.52/cwt	254.50–272.50	1,439	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	300.45/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,451	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,072	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	322.50/cwt	302.00–328.50	1,687	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,153	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,870	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,228	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,148	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,200	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	283.58/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,356	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	290.25/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,666	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	304.18/cwt	288.50–309.00	1,372	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	226.77/cwt	215.50–229.50	2,279	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	366.53/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,224	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,717	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,983	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	311	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,221	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,424	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	328.08/cwt	311.00–336.00	1,526	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	316.05/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,334	35

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 Oct 22, 2024

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

Receipts 2,272Last week 4,150Year ago 510

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate, buyers are wanting shots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	437	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
141	600–650	606	283.00–283.50	283.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	310	317.50	317.50
9	350–400	363	304.00	304.00
20	450–500	483	280.00–307.00	300.45
7	500–550	524	293.00	293.00
6	550–600	588	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	259	950.00	950.00
52	300–350	334	360.00–367.50	366.53
26	350–400	352	341.00	341.00
35	400–450	422	306.00–322.00	316.05
139	450–500	465	311.00–336.00	328.08
128	500–550	523	302.00–328.50	322.50
155	550–600	574	285.00–305.00	290.25
10	700–750	747	245.00	245.00
124	800–850	844	254.50	254.50
77	850–900	888	242.50	242.50
102	900–950	940	237.00	237.00
131	1000–1050	1,005	215.50–229.50	226.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	614	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	392.50	392.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	200–250	246	750.00	750.00
55	300–350	312	313.00–330.00	317.76
41	350–400	385	281.00–302.00	287.28
60	400–450	425	287.00–300.00	293.96
102	450–500	451	288.50–309.00	304.18
135	500–550	540	254.50–272.50	266.52
36	550–600	561	254.50	254.50
105	700–750	705	243.50	243.50
71	750–800	776	241.00	241.00
70	800–850	833	238.00	238.00
211	850–900	859	241.25	241.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	478	282.00–285.00	283.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	606	235.00	235.00

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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