Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2025-09-23

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 23
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
630 head
438 vs last sale 1,068 270 vs year ago 900 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings for an adequate market comparison. Receipts were shortened due to the muddy roads in the trade area from the recent rains. Few, packages of fresh bawling calves and yearlings on hand. Demand was good with several buyers looking to purchase cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.00/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 15.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.
Average price
$415.00
52 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.17
vs NE average
+49.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514415.002,13352
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
484459433408median 430.9501/0902/0604/0305/2906/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $421.95, median $430.95 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 sale52 hd
415.00
NE average4 barns · 408 hd
418.17
−3.17
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
+49.15
This barn, trailing median8 sales
430.95
−15.95
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

15 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,54853
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450402553.00/cwt553.00–553.002,22328
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462531.00/cwt531.00–531.002,45317
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650631434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,73928
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,11910
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800787350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7558
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571469.42/cwt459.00–479.002,680109
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475493.57/cwt487.00–500.002,34412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400399515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0555
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734367.75/cwt365.50–370.002,699162
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,13352
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480455.26/cwt442.50–457.502,18540
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,98627
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,41423
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400354560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9826

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.