Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-09-10

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 10

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24 →

Receipts

1,020 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 1,050▼ 595 vs year ago 1,615 · −36.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $297.26/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −166.09 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$297.26

94 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs NE average

+29.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	298.74	1,628	89
Medium and Large 1-2	556	271.00	1,507	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale94 hd

297.26

—

NE average6 barns · 611 hd

293.56

+3.70

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+29.06

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

−166.09

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

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	355.86/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,388	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,332	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	335.51/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,610	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	311.29/cwt	309.00–313.50	1,575	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,507	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	290.60/cwt	285.50–301.00	1,656	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,735	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	697	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,798	52
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	242.90/cwt	241.00–246.25	1,975	148
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,088	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	234.92/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,213	170
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,069	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,240	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	289.03/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,225	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	280.39/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,343	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,375	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,710	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,632	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	227.48/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,724	69
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	218.85/cwt	215.00–221.00	2,016	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,058	14

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 Sep 10, 2024

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

Receipts 1,020Last week 1,050Year ago 1,615

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	330.00	330.00
28	350–400	390	318.00	318.00
31	400–450	424	282.00–297.00	289.03
28	450–500	479	271.00–285.00	280.39
22	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
6	700–750	708	241.50	241.50
69	750–800	758	211.00–230.00	227.48
20	900–950	921	215.00–221.00	218.85
14	950–1000	953	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	548	251.00	251.00
49	700–750	722	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	556	271.00	271.00
27	900–950	922	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	390	345.00–357.50	355.86
6	400–450	444	300.00	300.00
54	450–500	480	330.00–339.00	335.51
35	500–550	506	309.00–313.50	311.29
54	550–600	570	285.50–301.00	290.60
5	600–650	645	269.00	269.00
52	650–700	697	258.00	258.00
148	800–850	813	241.00–246.25	242.90
170	900–950	942	230.00–238.00	234.92

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.