Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a good selection of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $300.00/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −85.88 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$300.00

23 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.41

vs NE average

+12.77 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	300.00	1,950	23

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $362.56, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

300.00

—

NE average8 barns · 2,136 hd

296.59

+3.41

National average173 barns · 17,784 hd

287.23

+12.77

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

−85.88

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

5 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	271.26/cwt	270.25–272.25	2,338	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	254.74/cwt	250.25–258.25	2,099	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	257.77/cwt	256.50–258.50	2,016	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	270.24/cwt	269.50–271.00	1,970	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	23

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 Mar 11, 2025

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

Receipts 995Last week 1,188Year ago 1,581

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a good selection of feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	850–900	862	270.25–272.25	271.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
162	700–750	729	269.50–271.00	270.24
217	750–800	782	256.50–258.50	257.77
419	800–850	824	250.25–258.25	254.74

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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