Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, on comparable offerings of 800 to 900 lbs steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good. Nice selection of yearlings coming off native grass on hand Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $379.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −49.69 against this barn's trailing median of $428.69.

Average price

$379.00

7 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.83

vs NE average

−0.66 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	379.00	2,335	7thin

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 sale7 hd

379.00

—

NE average3 barns · 182 hd

401.83

−22.83

National average154 barns · 6,929 hd

379.66

−0.66

This barn, trailing median6 sales

428.69

−49.69

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

10 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	900–950	927	339.89/cwt	338.25–341.50	3,151	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	361.06/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,950	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,291	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,708	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,031	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	349.64/cwt	341.00–350.50	2,577	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,868	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,740	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,646	69

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 932Last week 300Year ago 810

Compared to two weeks ago, on comparable offerings of 800 to 900 lbs steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good. Nice selection of yearlings coming off native grass on hand Tuesday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	616	379.00	379.00
18	700–750	744	364.00	364.00
160	800–850	817	360.00–362.50	361.06
15	850–900	876	346.00	346.00
354	900–950	927	338.25–341.50	339.89
72	1000–1050	1,035	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	700–750	737	341.00–350.50	349.64
69	750–800	757	349.50	349.50
69	800–850	824	332.50	332.50
70	850–900	851	337.00	337.00

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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