Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.23/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −141.73 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$335.23

48 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.31

vs NE average

+9.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	335.23	1,807	48

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

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 sale48 hd

335.23

—

NE average6 barns · 2,304 hd

344.54

−9.31

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+9.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−141.73

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

20 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	400–450	405	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,641	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,108	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,131	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,024	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,992	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,653	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,963	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	277.35/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,986	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,882	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	398.11/cwt	392.50–404.00	1,676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	335.23/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,807	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	272.75/cwt	264.00–277.50	1,667	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	292.21/cwt	291.00–292.50	1,861	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	43

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 700Last week 639Year ago 287

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	347.50	347.50
8	500–550	521	292.00	292.00
8	550–600	586	280.00	280.00
59	600–650	611	264.00–277.50	272.75
6	650–700	662	255.00	255.00
80	700–750	724	260.00	260.00
45	750–800	780	250.00	250.00
64	800–850	809	246.25	246.25
8	1050–1100	1,054	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	406.00	406.00
12	400–450	421	392.50–404.00	398.11
7	450–500	496	347.50	347.50
48	500–550	539	335.00–336.00	335.23
34	600–650	637	291.00–292.50	292.21
72	650–700	685	286.50	286.50
25	700–750	716	275.00–279.00	277.35
76	750–800	754	268.50	268.50
10	850–900	856	249.00	249.00
43	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	448	369.00	369.00

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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