Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-01-23

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 23

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Jan 9Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

3,270 head

▲ 1,768 vs last sale 1,502▲ 1,170 vs year ago 2,100 · +55.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today with a good selection offered. Large crowd on hand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $278.34/cwt on 1,889 head.

Average price

$278.34

1,889 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$38.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	279.59	1,829	1,828
Medium and Large 1-2	715	241.01	1,724	61

One grade step is worth $38.58/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,889 hd

278.34

—

NE average11 barns · 17,817 hd

271.46

+6.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	350.32/cwt	348.00–351.00	1,527	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,697	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	323.95/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,720	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	283.61/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,662	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,806	279
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	270.50/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,704	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	264.14/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,754	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,656	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,693	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	682	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,899	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	247.93/cwt	245.50–250.50	1,778	283
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	247.63/cwt	247.25–248.00	1,914	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,843	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	240.63/cwt	237.75–242.00	1,949	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,914	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	310.51/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,313	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,459	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	504	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,502	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	279.92/cwt	274.00–285.50	1,470	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,360	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	244.67/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,426	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	268.38/cwt	259.00–271.50	1,570	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	597	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,704	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	245.37/cwt	239.50–252.00	1,511	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	242.68/cwt	241.00–245.50	1,611	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	232.70/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,671	181
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	224.84/cwt	217.00–228.00	1,736	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	1,830	76

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 23, 2024

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

Receipts 3,270Last week 1,502Year ago 2,100

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today with a good selection offered. Large crowd on hand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	250.00	250.00
39	—	583	244.00–246.00	244.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	809	226.25	226.25
92	—	585	259.00–271.50	268.38
191	—	616	239.50–252.00	245.37
93	—	493	296.00	296.00
96	—	772	217.00–228.00	224.84
28	—	525	274.00–285.50	279.92
32	—	423	308.00–316.00	310.51
146	—	664	241.00–245.50	242.68
181	—	718	224.00–238.00	232.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	504	298.00	298.00
151	—	597	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	682	278.50	278.50
279	—	592	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	796	231.50	231.50
40	—	673	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	630	270.00–272.00	270.50
200	—	664	259.00–270.00	264.14
71	—	586	278.00–288.00	283.61
201	—	531	319.00–325.00	323.95
23	—	866	221.00	221.00
143	—	773	247.25–248.00	247.63
200	—	810	237.75–242.00	240.63
120	—	489	347.00	347.00
47	—	436	348.00–351.00	350.32
283	—	717	245.50–250.50	247.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	677	250.00	250.00

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.