Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on a nice selection of feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.00/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −65.98 against this barn's trailing median of $469.98.

Average price

$404.00

76 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−46.07

vs NE average

+31.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	404.00	2,145	76

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.00, low $432.22, median $469.98 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 sale76 hd

404.00

—

NE average4 barns · 555 hd

450.07

−46.07

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+31.57

This barn, trailing median7 sales

469.98

−65.98

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

9 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	800–850	836	325.30/cwt	321.75–332.50	2,720	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	326.67/cwt	322.00–328.50	2,796	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,942	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,080	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,145	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	311.80/cwt	309.75–314.00	2,420	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	305.08/cwt	304.75–305.50	2,508	172
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,255	9

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 Jul 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 675Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good on a nice selection of feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	500–550	531	404.00	404.00
281	800–850	836	321.75–332.50	325.30
199	850–900	856	322.00–328.50	326.67
115	900–950	931	316.00	316.00
5	950–1000	950	304.00	304.00
106	1000–1050	1,044	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
220	750–800	776	309.75–314.00	311.80
172	800–850	822	304.75–305.50	305.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	881	256.00	256.00

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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