Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-04-09

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 9

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 23 →

Receipts

830 head

▼ 470 vs last sale 1,300▼ 30 vs year ago 860 · −3.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 775 lbs steers sold 4.00 lower and 7 weight heifers sold fully steady on a thin test. Demand was good. Light run of attractive longtime weaned steers and heifers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $233.86/cwt on 328 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −105.11 against this barn's trailing median of $338.97.

Average price

$233.86

328 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.28

vs NE average

+3.98 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	751	233.86	1,757	328

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale328 hd

233.86

—

NE average7 barns · 1,930 hd

240.14

−6.28

National average145 barns · 9,369 hd

229.88

+3.98

This barn, trailing median8 sales

338.97

−105.11

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 700–800 lb

8 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $355.47, low $315.33, median $338.97 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

6 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,833	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	249.97/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,955	130
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	242.08/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,000	185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,706	118
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	232.66/cwt	231.75–233.25	1,785	210
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	221.08/cwt	215.00–226.10	1,795	124

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 Apr 9, 2024

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

Receipts 830Last week 1,300Year ago 860

Compared to last week, 775 lbs steers sold 4.00 lower and 7 weight heifers sold fully steady on a thin test. Demand was good. Light run of attractive longtime weaned steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	643	285.00	285.00
130	750–800	782	248.00–252.00	249.97
185	800–850	826	240.00–245.00	242.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	700–750	723	236.00	236.00
210	750–800	767	231.75–233.25	232.66
124	800–850	812	215.00–226.10	221.08

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.