Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-05-21

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, May 21

● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← May 7May 21Jun 4 →

Receipts

586 head

▼ 589 vs last sale 1,175▼ 139 vs year ago 725 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offered.

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 $246.72/cwt on 487 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −92.25 against this barn's trailing median of $338.97.

Average price

$246.72

487 head · 785 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.28

vs NE average

+6.68 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	785	246.72	1,937	487

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 sale487 hd

246.72

—

NE average5 barns · 660 hd

244.44

+2.28

National average128 barns · 7,393 hd

240.04

+6.68

This barn, trailing median8 sales

338.97

−92.25

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

3 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,875	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	258.56/cwt	252.00–260.00	2,004	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	246.72/cwt	244.00–249.25	1,937	487

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 586Last week 1,175Year ago 725

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	721	260.00	260.00
68	750–800	775	252.00–260.00	258.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
487	750–800	785	244.00–249.25	246.72

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.