Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today. Nice selection of feeders offered , demand was good with a good undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −118.96 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$358.00

15 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−55.61

vs NE average

−20.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	358.00	1,905	15thin

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 sale15 hd

358.00

—

NE average5 barns · 1,164 hd

413.61

−55.61

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−20.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−118.96

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,119	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,507	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,342	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,619	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,090	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,905	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	294.82/cwt	288.00–296.00	2,624	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,505	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	288.64/cwt	287.50–289.75	2,191	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	332.75/cwt	332.00–333.00	1,707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,894	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,491	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 May 20, 2025

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

Receipts 675Last week 774Year ago 586

Short run today. Nice selection of feeders offered , demand was good with a good undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	660	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	532	358.00	358.00
17	600–650	604	346.00	346.00
48	650–700	675	347.00	347.00
70	750–800	778	322.00	322.00
66	800–850	833	301.00	301.00
148	850–900	890	288.00–296.00	294.82
22	900–950	903	290.00	290.00
7	1050–1100	1,087	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	403	370.00	370.00
25	500–550	513	332.00–333.00	332.75
17	550–600	567	334.00	334.00
6	600–650	640	293.00	293.00
168	750–800	759	287.50–289.75	288.64

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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