Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-11-12

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
639 head
▼ 1,633 vs last sale 2,272▼ 191 vs year ago 830 · −23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.80/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −163.54 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.
Average price
$299.80
169 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.91
vs NE average
−5.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554301.531,670163
Medium and Large 1-2558253.001,4126thin
One grade step is worth $48.53/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale169 hd
299.80
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NE average10 barns · 3,361 hd
311.71
−11.91
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−5.64
This barn, trailing median9 sales
463.35
−163.54
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
509479448418median 463.3503/0604/1705/2909/2510/23
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

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,56815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428358.32/cwt332.50–365.001,53424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483332.36/cwt325.00–334.001,60531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499300.50/cwt300.50–300.501,49910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,61733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,70066
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580285.84/cwt280.00–289.001,65864
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned645269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,73544
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,83238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387301.74/cwt301.00–305.001,16826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421304.96/cwt302.50–311.001,28431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486286.70/cwt283.00–296.001,39317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516291.28/cwt277.00–300.001,50392
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526267.76/cwt261.00–270.001,40824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592261.31/cwt254.00–263.001,54726
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,54834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3085

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.