Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, the market showed a lower trend on both steers and heifers. This probably has a lot to do with the closing markets at the end of the week. Buyers are wanting feeders to have the shots and are watching for quality and condition. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.15/cwt on 344 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −9.80 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$467.15

344 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$63.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.27

vs NE average

+9.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	473.27	2,607	311
Medium and Large 1-2	548	409.54	2,242	33

One grade step is worth $63.73/cwt here — about $365 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale344 hd

467.15

—

NE average12 barns · 7,158 hd

494.42

−27.27

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+9.01

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−9.80

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

28 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 1Fancy	450–500	481	524.05/cwt	510.00–529.00	2,521	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,621	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	594	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,649	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,087	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,484	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,037	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	476.31/cwt	460.50–488.00	2,677	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	494.69/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,365	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	446.20/cwt	434.00–459.00	1,950	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	524.05/cwt	522.50–525.00	1,871	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	420.93/cwt	415.00–422.00	2,121	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,235	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	543.90/cwt	539.00–552.50	2,274	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	431.24/cwt	419.00–437.50	2,044	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	406.46/cwt	402.00–408.00	2,292	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	451.67/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,439	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	576.00/cwt	576.00–576.00	1,935	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	415.44/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,252	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	351	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,009	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,948	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	400.46/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,227	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,066	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	426.65/cwt	423.00–440.00	2,713	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	396.88/cwt	381.00–405.00	2,461	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,292	21

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,276Last week 3,663Year ago 2,272

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	481	510.00–529.00	524.05
84	500–550	519	505.00	505.00
29	550–600	594	446.00	446.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	575	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	576.00	576.00
12	350–400	379	537.50	537.50
44	400–450	418	539.00–552.50	543.90
94	450–500	478	477.50–501.00	494.69
52	500–550	540	450.00–456.00	451.67
119	550–600	562	460.50–488.00	476.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	495	463.00	463.00
20	500–550	542	403.00–427.00	415.44
13	550–600	556	400.00–401.00	400.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	572.50	572.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
102	600–650	636	423.00–440.00	426.65
7	650–700	683	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	600–650	620	381.00–405.00	396.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	558	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	557.50	557.50
16	350–400	357	522.50–525.00	524.05
82	400–450	437	434.00–459.00	446.20
43	450–500	474	419.00–437.50	431.24
40	500–550	504	415.00–422.00	420.93
71	550–600	564	402.00–408.00	406.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	604	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	390	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	548	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	419	465.00	465.00

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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