Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-04-23

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 23

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Apr 9Apr 23May 7 →

Receipts

1,366 head

▲ 536 vs last sale 830▲ 591 vs year ago 775 · +76.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.81/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −148.14 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$282.81

30 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.38

vs NE average

+12.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	282.81	1,547	30

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 sale30 hd

282.81

—

NE average7 barns · 1,223 hd

289.18

−6.38

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+12.62

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−148.14

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

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

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,332	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,564	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,656	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,339	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	348.97/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,825	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,582	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,867	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,821	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	263.30/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,888	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	262.89/cwt	250.00–264.50	2,037	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,123	54
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	249.85/cwt	249.85–249.85	2,141	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,194	89
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,038	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,201	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	282.14/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,518	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,642	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	260.73/cwt	249.00–273.00	1,611	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	255.75/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,680	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,661	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	252.38/cwt	250.50–263.00	1,860	174
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	235.29/cwt	228.75–242.00	1,823	212
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	233.43/cwt	228.50–237.00	1,947	317

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 1,366Last week 830Year ago 775

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	342.50	342.50
5	300–350	313	1,050.00	1,050.00
21	350–400	364	330.00	330.00
23	500–550	538	274.00–285.00	282.14
7	550–600	576	285.00	285.00
12	600–650	618	249.00–273.00	260.73
49	650–700	657	243.00–259.00	255.75
174	700–750	737	250.50–263.00	252.38
212	750–800	775	228.75–242.00	235.29
317	800–850	834	228.50–237.00	233.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	722	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	397	394.00	394.00
11	400–450	437	379.00	379.00
73	500–550	523	345.00–351.00	348.97
6	550–600	564	331.00	331.00
11	600–650	607	300.00	300.00
18	700–750	717	252.00–269.00	263.30
72	750–800	775	250.00–264.50	262.89
54	800–850	827	256.75	256.75
65	850–900	857	249.85	249.85
89	900–950	915	239.75	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	346.00	346.00
10	450–500	494	271.00	271.00
6	500–550	529	299.00	299.00

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.