Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.80/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −177.15 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$299.80

169 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$48.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.91

vs NE average

−5.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	301.53	1,670	163
Medium and Large 1-2	558	253.00	1,412	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.53/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale169 hd

299.80

—

NE average10 barns · 3,361 hd

311.71

−11.91

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−5.64

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−177.15

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

18 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	550–600	552	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,700	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	286.70/cwt	283.00–296.00	1,393	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	301.74/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,168	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	261.31/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,547	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	304.96/cwt	302.50–311.00	1,284	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,832	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,548	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,735	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,412	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	267.76/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,408	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	291.28/cwt	277.00–300.00	1,503	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	285.84/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,658	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,617	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,568	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	358.32/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,534	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	332.36/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,605	31

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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Receipts 639Last week 2,272Year ago 830

No comparison . Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	550–600	552	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	395	397.00	397.00
24	400–450	428	332.50–365.00	358.32
31	450–500	483	325.00–334.00	332.36
33	500–550	507	319.00	319.00
64	550–600	580	280.00–289.00	285.84
38	650–700	666	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	645	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	499	300.50	300.50
6	550–600	558	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	387	301.00–305.00	301.74
31	400–450	421	302.50–311.00	304.96
17	450–500	486	283.00–296.00	286.70
92	500–550	516	277.00–300.00	291.28
26	550–600	592	254.00–263.00	261.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	619	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	526	261.00–270.00	267.76

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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