Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −114.90 against this barn's trailing median of $431.90.

Average price

$317.00

7 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−33.67

vs NE average

−12.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	317.00	1,839	7thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, median $431.90 across 7 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 sale7 hd

317.00

—

NE average8 barns · 1,659 hd

350.67

−33.67

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−12.34

This barn, trailing median7 sales

431.90

−114.90

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

17 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	550–600	580	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,839	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,945	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,859	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	280.75/cwt	280.75–280.75	2,047	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,361	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,578	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	314.78/cwt	295.00–316.50	2,392	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,334	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	277.81/cwt	275.50–281.00	2,275	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,211	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,943	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	1,463	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	382.96/cwt	374.00–390.00	2,049	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,448	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,527	70

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 29, 2025

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

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No comparison. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	250–300	263	517.50	517.50
40	350–400	367	430.00	430.00
21	450–500	486	382.50	382.50
7	550–600	580	317.00	317.00
15	650–700	657	296.00	296.00
29	700–750	729	280.75	280.75
150	800–850	819	275.50–281.00	277.81
70	850–900	862	270.75	270.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	303	483.00	483.00
27	400–450	427	455.00	455.00
47	500–550	535	374.00–390.00	382.96
26	700–750	737	300.00	300.00
76	750–800	760	295.00–316.50	314.78
54	800–850	834	293.50	293.50
70	850–900	882	286.50	286.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	401.00	401.00
6	700–750	739	244.00	244.00

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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