Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $369.29/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −16.59 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$369.29

35 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.46

vs NE average

+16.55 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	369.29	2,364	35

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $362.56, median $385.88 across 5 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 sale35 hd

369.29

—

NE average7 barns · 379 hd

383.75

−14.46

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

+16.55

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

−16.59

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

11 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	450–500	494	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,248	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,363	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	332.25/cwt	332.25–332.25	2,565	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	343.93/cwt	340.50–345.50	2,528	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	331.15/cwt	316.00–337.25	2,864	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	330.31/cwt	330.00–331.25	2,748	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,309	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	2,402	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	364.07/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,989	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	350.75/cwt	350.50–351.00	3,030	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,351	22

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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,068Last week 932Year ago 1,020

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	455.00	455.00
13	650–700	693	341.00	341.00
110	700–750	735	340.50–345.50	343.93
70	750–800	772	332.25	332.25
286	800–850	832	330.00–331.25	330.31
285	850–900	865	316.00–337.25	331.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	609	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	476	485.00	485.00
32	550–600	591	406.50	406.50
86	800–850	821	362.00–365.00	364.07
120	850–900	864	350.50–351.00	350.75

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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