Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day on feeder cattle. Nice run of bred heifers on hand Tuesday. Demand was good on all offerings. The next sale will be January 9, 2026.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $380.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −96.99 against this barn's trailing median of $476.99.

Average price

$380.00

10 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−74.25

vs NE average

−42.31 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	380.00	1,889	10thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

6 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $506.33, low $380.00, median $476.99 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

380.00

—

NE average8 barns · 932 hd

454.25

−74.25

National average174 barns · 10,654 hd

422.31

−42.31

This barn, trailing median6 sales

476.99

−96.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,018	$3,859	366

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	3,867.78/head	3,650.00–4,100.00	3,868	359
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	1,049	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,107	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,768	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,699	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,433	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,808	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,641	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	340.25/cwt	340.25–340.25	2,800	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	11

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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 561Last week 823Year ago 1,505

Replacement CattleReceipts 501Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	359	—	1,017	3,650.00–4,100.00	3,867.78
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,049	3,425.00	3,425.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	784	353.00	353.00
5	850–900	857	330.00	330.00
64	1000–1050	1,012	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	367.50	367.50
10	450–500	497	380.00	380.00
60	800–850	837	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	750–800	770	343.00	343.00
59	800–850	823	340.25	340.25
187	850–900	876	320.50	320.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	548	340.00	340.00

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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