Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

12TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL OFF GRASS AND YEARLING @ CALF SALE> Demand was good on all offerings today, with a good crowd attending. Demand is still very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.99/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits −0.97 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$475.99

391 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$42.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.15

vs NE average

+30.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	485.38	2,643	305
Medium and Large 1-2	556	442.69	2,460	86

One grade step is worth $42.68/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.13, low $460.00, median $476.96 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 sale391 hd

475.99

—

NE average9 barns · 4,292 hd

480.14

−4.15

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+30.14

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−0.97

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

42 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 1Fleshy	800–850	819	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,785	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,061	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,218	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,950	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,332	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,932	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,912	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	402.98/cwt	378.00–407.50	2,063	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	366.65/cwt	361.00–378.00	2,677	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,862	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	507.08/cwt	506.00–509.00	1,942	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	307.49/cwt	306.00–308.50	3,136	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,924	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	480.56/cwt	472.00–483.50	2,696	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	385.81/cwt	384.50–388.50	3,152	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,533	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,564	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	543.80/cwt	533.00–550.00	2,333	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	454.12/cwt	453.00–460.00	2,157	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	493.68/cwt	450.00–515.00	2,547	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	540.90/cwt	530.00–548.00	2,542	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,446	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,135	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,198	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,717	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,056	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,106	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	3,174	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,934	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	483.40/cwt	479.00–510.00	2,311	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	425.85/cwt	415.00–436.00	2,461	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	439.94/cwt	428.00–445.00	2,763	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	421.20/cwt	413.00–425.00	2,780	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	377.28/cwt	368.25–380.25	3,245	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	399.57/cwt	396.00–404.00	3,077	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	356.24/cwt	346.00–359.50	2,967	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,999	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	587.13/cwt	580.00–600.00	2,202	64

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

Sat Oct 11, 2025

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

Receipts 3,663Last week 630Year ago 4,150

12TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL OFF GRASS AND YEARLING @ CALF SALE> Demand was good on all offerings today, with a good crowd attending. Demand is still very active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
151	800–850	819	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	383	506.00–509.00	507.08
48	400–450	420	458.00	458.00
67	450–500	475	453.00–460.00	454.12
72	500–550	512	378.00–407.50	402.98
19	550–600	583	400.00	400.00
9	600–650	601	369.00	369.00
66	650–700	691	366.50	366.50
228	700–750	730	361.00–378.00	366.65
52	750–800	799	364.50	364.50
292	800–850	833	346.00–359.50	356.24
29	850–900	878	326.00	326.00
19	900–950	902	325.00	325.00
18	950–1000	961	307.00	307.00
45	1000–1050	1,020	306.00–308.50	307.49
6	1050–1100	1,052	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
27	500–550	518	397.00	397.00
22	600–650	626	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	605	375.00	375.00
10	650–700	654	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	350–400	375	580.00–600.00	587.13
48	400–450	429	533.00–550.00	543.80
282	450–500	470	530.00–548.00	540.90
112	500–550	516	450.00–515.00	493.68
193	550–600	561	472.00–483.50	480.56
29	600–650	649	395.00	395.00
80	700–750	746	402.00	402.00
132	750–800	770	396.00–404.00	399.57
195	800–850	817	384.50–388.50	385.81
240	850–900	860	368.25–380.25	377.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	389	565.00	565.00
62	450–500	478	479.00–510.00	483.40
37	500–550	526	465.00	465.00
49	550–600	578	415.00–436.00	425.85
14	700–750	713	381.00	381.00
69	750–800	760	386.00	386.00
125	800–850	844	368.00	368.00
69	1000–1050	1,006	315.50	315.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	628	428.00–445.00	439.94
26	650–700	660	413.00–425.00	421.20

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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