Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-02-13

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 13

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Jan 30Feb 13Feb 27 →

Receipts

2,610 head

▲ 423 vs last sale 2,187▲ 930 vs year ago 1,680 · +55.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today, with a nice selection of cattle offered.

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 $283.14/cwt on 1,307 head.

Average price

$283.14

1,307 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$338

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

$16.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.25

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	298.44	1,578	78
Medium and Large 1	679	282.17	1,916	1,229

One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about −$338 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 sale1,307 hd

283.14

—

NE average8 barns · 13,885 hd

277.89

+5.25

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	361.86/cwt	352.50–364.00	1,581	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	323.95/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,432	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,478	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	345.76/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,694	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	344.55/cwt	335.50–348.00	1,750	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	300.87/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,565	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	302.89/cwt	296.00–310.50	1,854	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,734	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	271.31/cwt	267.00–275.50	1,853	215
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	252.87/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,932	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	243.28/cwt	240.75–245.25	2,014	277
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	311.30/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,326	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	300.19/cwt	283.00–306.00	1,423	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	297.31/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,537	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,412	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	277.19/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,561	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	582	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,793	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,578	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	246.47/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,681	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	713	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,827	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	232.27/cwt	231.00–233.50	1,723	155
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	227.83/cwt	225.00–231.50	1,770	297
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	210.27/cwt	210.00–210.50	1,731	84

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 2,610Last week 2,187Year ago 1,680

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today, with a nice selection of cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	474	283.00–306.00	300.19
45	—	614	257.00	257.00
63	—	563	273.00–281.00	277.19
75	—	426	301.00–319.00	311.30
80	—	517	292.00–299.00	297.31
84	—	823	210.00–210.50	210.27
155	—	742	231.00–233.50	232.27
246	—	682	241.00–251.00	246.47
297	—	777	225.00–231.50	227.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	521	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	713	256.25	256.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	582	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	490	325.00–351.00	345.76
42	—	437	352.50–364.00	361.86
62	—	520	290.00–303.00	300.87
87	—	576	330.00	330.00
153	—	612	296.00–310.50	302.89
215	—	683	267.00–275.50	271.31
254	—	764	243.00–256.00	252.87
277	—	828	240.75–245.25	243.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	442	322.50–325.00	323.95
29	—	626	277.00	277.00
35	—	483	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	508	335.50–348.00	344.55

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.