Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short run today with the demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $355.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −73.69 against this barn's trailing median of $428.69.

Average price

$355.00

6 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−44.58

vs NE average

−11.97 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	355.00	2,450	6thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

6 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $446.43, low $409.00, median $428.69 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

355.00

—

NE average3 barns · 69 hd

399.58

−44.58

National average144 barns · 7,362 hd

366.97

−11.97

This barn, trailing median6 sales

428.69

−73.69

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

6 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	750–800	790	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,504	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,800	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	347.21/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,837	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	333.13/cwt	325.50–334.50	2,948	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,450	6

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 Aug 5, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	750–800	790	317.00	317.00
17	950–1000	979	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	792	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	690	355.00	355.00
97	800–850	817	346.00–350.00	347.21
80	850–900	885	325.50–334.50	333.13

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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