Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-09-24

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 24
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
900 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 1,020▲ 375 vs year ago 525 · +71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.51/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −163.44 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.
Average price
$267.51
13 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.27
vs NE average
+27.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564267.511,50913thin
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 sale13 hd
267.51
—
NE average5 barns · 231 hd
271.78
−4.27
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
+27.42
This barn, trailing median8 sales
430.95
−163.44
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

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322351.50/cwt351.50–351.501,13216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465335.16/cwt320.00–341.001,55828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510314.54/cwt309.00–318.001,60416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,79542
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned602290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,74920
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854246.42/cwt241.00–247.002,104126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224775.00/head775.00–775.0077513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,05212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,09623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440301.94/cwt300.00–305.001,32918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1494265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,30991
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy496289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,43328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564267.51/cwt265.00–270.501,50913
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774243.87/cwt243.75–244.001,888139
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,94825
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,955260

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.