Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate on a short run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −119.46 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$357.50

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.51

vs NE average

+3.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	357.50	2,006	5thin

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

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 sale5 hd

357.50

—

NE average6 barns · 1,907 hd

395.01

−37.51

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+3.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−119.46

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

14 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	600–650	607	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,698	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	290.97/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,955	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	256.04/cwt	254.25–258.50	1,997	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,117	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,186	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,303	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	283.46/cwt	280.25–286.75	2,188	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,677	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,347	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,219	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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Receipts 617Last week 1,947Year ago 830

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate on a short run.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	546	311.00	311.00
10	600–650	607	312.00	312.00
40	650–700	672	285.00–292.00	290.97
187	750–800	780	254.25–258.50	256.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	621	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	408.00	408.00
5	550–600	561	357.50	357.50
9	650–700	683	310.00	310.00
53	700–750	711	307.50	307.50
125	750–800	772	280.25–286.75	283.46
63	850–900	853	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	386.00	386.00
7	400–450	416	367.00	367.00
5	850–900	886	250.50	250.50

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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