Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-08-27

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 27

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 10 →

Receipts

1,050 head

▲ 240 vs last sale 810▲ 740 vs year ago 310 · +238.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from last week for a adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate to good. Bulk of the receipts coming from one individual with a tick over 700 head of yearlings steers coming off dry grass.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $251.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −212.35 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$251.00

5 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−58.30

vs NE average

−17.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	251.00	1,370	5thin

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

251.00

—

NE average6 barns · 282 hd

309.30

−58.30

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−17.55

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

−212.35

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.00, low $432.22, median $463.35 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

11 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,370	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	679	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,698	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	261.70/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,876	158
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	263.10/cwt	263.10–263.10	2,010	209
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,947	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	837	235.10/cwt	235.10–235.10	1,968	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	255.39/cwt	254.50–256.50	2,145	306
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,173	120
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,057	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,156	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	20

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 Aug 27, 2024

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

Receipts 1,050Last week 810Year ago 310

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	605	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	679	250.00	250.00
56	800–850	837	235.10	235.10
60	850–900	877	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	700–750	717	259.00–265.00	261.70
209	750–800	764	263.10	263.10
306	800–850	840	254.50–256.50	255.39
120	850–900	852	255.00	255.00
27	950–1000	958	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	251.00	251.00
41	800–850	808	241.00	241.00

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.