Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Market is showing a lower trend, with the board changing like it has been. Good selection offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.16/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −64.80 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$412.16

110 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.79

vs NE average

−6.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	412.16	2,358	110

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

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 sale110 hd

412.16

—

NE average12 barns · 6,837 hd

450.95

−38.79

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−6.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

−64.80

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

20 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 1Fancy	500–550	534	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,104	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	496	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,257	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,434	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,950	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,166	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,702	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	348.25/cwt	348.25–348.25	2,647	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,014	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,100	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,962	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	354.55/cwt	351.60–358.75	2,925	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	425.61/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,098	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	391.62/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,311	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	432.67/cwt	426.00–441.00	1,895	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	343.25/cwt	343.25–343.25	2,801	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	386.61/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,088	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	389.29/cwt	385.50–392.00	2,456	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,134	10

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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Receipts 823Last week 1,276Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Market is showing a lower trend, with the board changing like it has been. Good selection offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	534	394.00	394.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	351	485.00	485.00
71	400–450	438	426.00–441.00	432.67
9	450–500	478	408.00	408.00
79	500–550	540	370.00–388.00	386.61
13	550–600	573	378.00	378.00
66	600–650	616	340.00	340.00
59	750–800	760	348.25	348.25
75	800–850	816	343.25	343.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	608	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	496	455.00	455.00
54	550–600	566	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	390	503.00	503.00
36	450–500	493	425.00–426.00	425.61
8	500–550	506	415.00	415.00
48	550–600	590	385.00–409.00	391.62
116	800–850	825	351.60–358.75	354.55
68	850–900	866	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	631	385.50–392.00	389.29
5	700–750	723	300.00	300.00

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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