Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, due to first sale of year. Good selection of feeders offered with good attendance and activity on the inter-net . Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.58/cwt on 241 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −116.38 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$360.58

241 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$26.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.40

vs NE average

+18.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	366.64	1,954	186
Medium and Large 1-2	562	340.06	1,911	55

One grade step is worth $26.59/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.13, low $460.00, median $476.96 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale241 hd

360.58

—

NE average10 barns · 5,408 hd

357.18

+3.40

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+18.13

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−116.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	275.24/cwt	269.00–282.00	1,896	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,912	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	295.29/cwt	282.00–298.50	2,159	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	274.24/cwt	265.50–279.75	2,350	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	285.05/cwt	283.00–288.25	2,198	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	322.83/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,014	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	264.12/cwt	263.50–267.00	1,947	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	333.63/cwt	327.50–338.00	1,725	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	362.10/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,923	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	277.26/cwt	277.00–277.50	2,251	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	405.19/cwt	401.00–412.50	1,540	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	358.42/cwt	351.00–363.00	1,996	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,929	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	300.40/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,859	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	263.48/cwt	251.00–267.00	2,074	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	302.86/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,766	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	317.85/cwt	309.00–321.00	2,095	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	294.35/cwt	291.00–295.00	2,040	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,904	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	326.22/cwt	318.00–329.00	1,915	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	407.76/cwt	403.50–413.00	1,717	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	354.71/cwt	346.00–364.00	1,649	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,030	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	380.27/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,426	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,621	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,065	62

How this sale compares

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Receipts 2,945Last week 1,505Year ago 0

No comparison, due to first sale of year. Good selection of feeders offered with good attendance and activity on the inter-net . Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	377.50–385.00	380.27
9	400–450	444	365.00	365.00
47	450–500	465	346.00–364.00	354.71
79	500–550	517	327.50–338.00	333.63
168	550–600	583	297.00–311.00	302.86
236	600–650	619	297.00–304.00	300.40
78	650–700	689	269.00–282.00	275.24
127	700–750	737	263.50–267.00	264.12
190	750–800	787	251.00–267.00	263.48
33	800–850	825	246.00	246.00
7	1000–1050	1,006	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	337.50	337.50
14	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	380	401.00–412.50	405.19
17	400–450	421	403.50–413.00	407.76
14	450–500	472	405.00	405.00
69	500–550	531	357.50–372.50	362.10
69	550–600	557	351.00–363.00	358.42
182	600–650	624	316.00–331.00	322.83
201	650–700	659	309.00–321.00	317.85
316	700–750	731	282.00–298.50	295.29
264	750–800	771	283.00–288.25	285.05
55	800–850	812	277.00–277.50	277.26
264	850–900	857	265.50–279.75	274.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	500–550	501	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	544	350.00	350.00
23	550–600	587	318.00–329.00	326.22
60	650–700	693	291.00–295.00	294.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	602	343.00	343.00

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.

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