Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	323.78	1,818	178

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $421.95, 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.

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.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	1,828	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	309.66/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,632	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	341.09/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,501	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,150	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	320.91/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,836	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,818	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,855	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,305	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,927	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	320.49/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,147	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,309	14

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 611Last week 2,945Year ago 3,270

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	393	333.00	333.00
36	400–450	440	335.00–347.00	341.09
35	500–550	527	307.00–326.00	309.66
98	550–600	572	315.00–333.00	320.91
40	600–650	640	336.00	336.00
181	650–700	670	316.00–324.00	320.49
22	700–750	729	250.75	250.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	565	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	385.00	385.00
15	450–500	485	382.50	382.50
9	650–700	686	265.00	265.00
5	700–750	719	275.00	275.00
52	850–900	869	265.25	265.25

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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