Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2025-01-21

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 21
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
611 head
▼ 2,334 vs last sale 2,945▼ 2,659 vs year ago 3,270 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Replacement Heifer Sale, not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good on a nice offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.78/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −107.17 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.
Average price
$323.78
178 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.25
vs NE average
+19.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561323.781,818178
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 sale178 hd
323.78
—
NE average11 barns · 4,977 hd
326.02
−2.25
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
+19.36
This barn, trailing median8 sales
430.95
−107.17
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

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6025
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,85515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8189
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9775
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869265.25/cwt265.25–265.252,30552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,30914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440341.09/cwt335.00–347.001,50136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527309.66/cwt307.00–326.001,63235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement565341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,92745
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572320.91/cwt315.00–333.001,83698
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,15040
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670320.49/cwt316.00–324.002,147181
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729250.75/cwt250.75–250.751,82822

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.