Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-03-12

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 12
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,581 head
▲ 670 vs last sale 911▼ 619 vs year ago 2,200 · −28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on a nice selection offered, both feeder and grass cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.96/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −140.99 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.
Average price
$289.96
89 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.08
vs NE average
+13.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556289.961,61289
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale89 hd
289.96
—
NE average8 barns · 1,039 hd
289.88
+0.08
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
+13.79
This barn, trailing median8 sales
430.95
−140.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
484446407369median 430.9503/0605/0806/1210/0910/23
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, median $430.95 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

21 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,64725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465358.39/cwt351.00–360.001,66745
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583328.50/cwt328.50–328.501,91584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,85462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,73110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,039145
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768255.71/cwt253.00–257.751,964131
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828252.51/cwt250.50–253.002,091174
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1906230.25/cwt230.25–230.252,08622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,1028
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423325.30/cwt321.00–329.501,37614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464318.95/cwt315.50–322.001,48064
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516298.37/cwt293.00–310.001,54029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575285.90/cwt272.00–287.501,64460
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636260.96/cwt253.00–263.501,660138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683245.75/cwt244.25–247.001,67878
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716244.92/cwt244.00–246.001,754149
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765238.94/cwt236.50–240.001,828215
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,74822
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1804220.29/cwt220.00–221.001,77145

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.