Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.12/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −155.84 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$321.12

78 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$9.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.60

vs NE average

−5.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	323.92	1,809	56
Medium and Large 1-2	512	314.00	1,608	22

One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $201 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 sale78 hd

321.12

—

NE average9 barns · 3,903 hd

345.72

−24.60

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−5.51

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−155.84

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

22 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	450–500	471	321.83/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,151	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	393.95/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,521	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	268.98/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,716	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	312.56/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,810	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,802	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,766	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,608	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	293.87/cwt	284.00–296.00	1,678	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	336.30/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,473	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,719	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	298.89/cwt	292.50–302.00	1,584	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,905	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	336.02/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,986	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,220	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	366.85/cwt	359.00–375.00	1,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	265.96/cwt	262.50–274.75	2,048	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	289.65/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,923	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	299.75/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,864	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	24

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,505Last week 700Year ago 820

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	438	329.00–348.00	336.30
14	450–500	471	314.00–330.00	321.83
80	500–550	530	292.50–302.00	298.89
52	550–600	571	284.00–296.00	293.87
119	600–650	638	268.00–270.00	268.98
25	650–700	685	251.00	251.00
66	750–800	779	244.50	244.50
60	800–850	801	248.00	248.00
65	900–950	906	245.00	245.00
11	1000–1050	1,005	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	736	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	386	391.00–400.00	393.95
10	400–450	438	359.00–375.00	366.85
19	450–500	487	321.00–345.00	336.02
25	500–550	533	338.00	338.00
31	550–600	579	300.00–317.00	312.56
195	600–650	622	290.00–311.00	299.75
253	650–700	664	289.00–290.00	289.65
262	750–800	770	262.50–274.75	265.96
24	850–900	878	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	512	314.00	314.00

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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