Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-06-04

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jun 4
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
350 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 586▼ 375 vs year ago 725 · −51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −151.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.
Average price
$279.00
5 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,481
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−41.80
vs NE average
+5.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531279.001,4815thin
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 sale5 hd
279.00
—
NE average4 barns · 302 hd
320.80
−41.80
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
+5.97
This barn, trailing median8 sales
430.95
−151.95
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

8 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,75913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,85616
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8466
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,22270
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1699240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6787
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,90982
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814239.05/cwt230.00–239.501,946130

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.