Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.41/cwt on 283 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −134.55 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$342.41

283 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$19.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.78

vs NE average

−5.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	345.93	1,994	233
Medium and Large 1-2	550	326.00	1,794	50

One grade step is worth $19.93/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale283 hd

342.41

—

NE average6 barns · 931 hd

355.19

−12.78

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−5.83

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−134.55

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	300.46/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,923	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	271.08/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,873	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	307.74/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,806	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	331.93/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,759	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,134	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	306.68/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,125	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,144	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,643	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,923	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,909	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	265.63/cwt	264.75–267.50	2,343	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	344.23/cwt	329.00–348.00	2,010	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	251.50/cwt	250.50–251.75	2,113	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	355.87/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,893	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,410	5

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,188Last week 1,429Year ago 911

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	381.00	381.00
72	500–550	530	326.00–340.00	331.93
57	550–600	587	306.00–311.00	307.74
37	600–650	640	299.00–301.00	300.46
46	650–700	691	265.00–273.00	271.08
6	700–750	702	260.00	260.00
187	800–850	840	250.50–251.75	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	349.00	349.00
34	500–550	532	347.00–360.00	355.87
199	550–600	584	329.00–348.00	344.23
130	650–700	693	291.00–312.00	306.68
50	700–750	702	304.00	304.00
5	750–800	768	290.00	290.00
188	850–900	882	264.75–267.50	265.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	504	326.00	326.00
27	550–600	590	326.00	326.00
53	600–650	630	303.00	303.00
12	850–900	875	245.00	245.00

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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