Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.40/cwt on 266 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −102.55 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$328.40

266 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$13.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.82

vs NE average

+6.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	328.98	1,878	255
Medium and Large 1-2	538	315.00	1,695	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.98/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale266 hd

328.40

—

NE average6 barns · 639 hd

333.22

−4.82

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

+6.66

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−102.55

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

29 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	350–400	364	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,731	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,729	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,197	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	407.88/cwt	402.00–430.00	1,958	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,313	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	277.30/cwt	276.00–278.50	2,465	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	309.83/cwt	300.00–313.00	2,218	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	394.48/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,213	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,568	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,028	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	287.51/cwt	284.50–289.00	2,381	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	264.30/cwt	259.00–265.00	2,173	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,199	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	691	2,210.00/head	2,210.00–2,210.00	2,210	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	742	2,410.00/head	2,410.00–2,410.00	2,410	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	328.62/cwt	318.00–338.00	1,883	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,972	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	286.69/cwt	283.50–289.00	1,952	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,224	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,695	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,146	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,009	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	366.71/cwt	358.00–369.00	1,775	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,999	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	625	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	11
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,121	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,141	6
Heifers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,250	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,463	10

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,947Last week 995Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on a 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
7	350–400	364	405.00	405.00
17	400–450	441	392.00	392.00
63	450–500	484	358.00–369.00	366.71
8	500–550	509	340.00	340.00
247	550–600	573	318.00–338.00	328.62
38	600–650	648	308.50	308.50
69	650–700	681	283.50–289.00	286.69
68	700–750	706	284.50	284.50
190	750–800	791	271.25	271.25
214	800–850	822	259.00–265.00	264.30
25	850–900	865	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
11	600–650	625	2,200.00	2,200.00
40	650–700	691	2,210.00	2,210.00
44	700–750	742	2,410.00	2,410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	538	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,121	191.00	191.00
10	1250–1300	1,250	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	480	402.00–430.00	407.88
180	550–600	561	387.50–400.00	394.48
12	600–650	616	357.00	357.00
80	650–700	656	339.00	339.00
81	700–750	716	300.00–313.00	309.83
56	750–800	788	293.50	293.50
178	800–850	828	284.50–289.00	287.51
116	850–900	889	276.00–278.50	277.30
17	900–950	946	271.50	271.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	523	377.00	377.00
7	550–600	551	369.00	369.00
12	600–650	626	324.00	324.00

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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