Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-05-07

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, May 7

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Apr 23May 7May 21 →

Receipts

1,175 head

▼ 191 vs last sale 1,366▲ 400 vs year ago 775 · +51.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $276.50/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −109.38 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$276.50

72 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.70

vs NE average

+29.06 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	276.50	1,858	72

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

276.50

—

NE average6 barns · 511 hd

273.80

+2.70

National average168 barns · 7,431 hd

247.44

+29.06

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

−109.38

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 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $349.23, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,828	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,068	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	266.95/cwt	256.50–271.00	2,101	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,994	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	223.27/cwt	221.00–225.00	2,101	177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,447	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,858	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	243.21/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,732	97
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,881	297
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	242.79/cwt	235.75–248.00	1,894	120
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	236.86/cwt	230.00–243.50	1,919	111
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,038	51
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,894	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	12

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 May 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,175Last week 1,366Year ago 775

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	536	341.00	341.00
68	650–700	664	311.50	311.50
78	750–800	787	256.50–271.00	266.95
12	800–850	831	240.00	240.00
177	900–950	941	221.00–225.00	223.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	323.00	323.00
72	650–700	672	276.50	276.50
297	700–750	745	250.00–255.00	252.49
120	750–800	780	235.75–248.00	242.79
111	800–850	810	230.00–243.50	236.86
51	850–900	891	228.75	228.75
24	900–950	902	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	700–750	712	243.00–244.00	243.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	722	220.00	220.00

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.