Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2024-12-17

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 17

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Dec 3Dec 17Jan 14 →

Receipts

1,505 head

▲ 805 vs last sale 700▲ 685 vs year ago 820 · +83.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

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 $321.12/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −142.23 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$321.12

78 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$9.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.60

vs NE average

−5.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	323.92	1,809	56
Medium and Large 1-2	512	314.00	1,608	22

One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $201 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 sale78 hd

321.12

—

NE average9 barns · 3,903 hd

345.72

−24.60

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−5.51

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

−142.23

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

22 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	393.95/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,521	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	366.85/cwt	359.00–375.00	1,607	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,695	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	336.02/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,636	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,608	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,802	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	312.56/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,810	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	299.75/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,864	195
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	289.65/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,923	253
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	265.96/cwt	262.50–274.75	2,048	262
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	336.30/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,473	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	321.83/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,516	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	298.89/cwt	292.50–302.00	1,584	80
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	293.87/cwt	284.00–296.00	1,678	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	268.98/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,716	119
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,719	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,766	66
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,905	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,986	60
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,220	65
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,151	11

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 Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,505Last week 700Year ago 820

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	438	329.00–348.00	336.30
14	450–500	471	314.00–330.00	321.83
80	500–550	530	292.50–302.00	298.89
52	550–600	571	284.00–296.00	293.87
119	600–650	638	268.00–270.00	268.98
25	650–700	685	251.00	251.00
66	750–800	779	244.50	244.50
60	800–850	801	248.00	248.00
65	900–950	906	245.00	245.00
11	1000–1050	1,005	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	736	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	386	391.00–400.00	393.95
10	400–450	438	359.00–375.00	366.85
19	450–500	487	321.00–345.00	336.02
25	500–550	533	338.00	338.00
31	550–600	579	300.00–317.00	312.56
195	600–650	622	290.00–311.00	299.75
253	650–700	664	289.00–290.00	289.65
262	750–800	770	262.50–274.75	265.96
24	850–900	878	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	512	314.00	314.00

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.