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

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 9

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Aug 19Sep 9Sep 23 →

Receipts

1,068 head

▲ 136 vs last sale 932▲ 48 vs year ago 1,020 · +4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $369.29/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits −16.59 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$369.29

35 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.46

vs NE average

+16.55 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	369.29	2,364	35

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

369.29

—

NE average7 barns · 379 hd

383.75

−14.46

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

+16.55

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

−16.59

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $349.23, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

11 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,309	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	2,402	32
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	364.07/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,989	86
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	350.75/cwt	350.50–351.00	3,030	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,248	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,351	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,363	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	343.93/cwt	340.50–345.50	2,528	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	332.25/cwt	332.25–332.25	2,565	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	330.31/cwt	330.00–331.25	2,748	286
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	331.15/cwt	316.00–337.25	2,864	285

This sale against other markets

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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,068Last week 932Year ago 1,020

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	455.00	455.00
13	650–700	693	341.00	341.00
110	700–750	735	340.50–345.50	343.93
70	750–800	772	332.25	332.25
286	800–850	832	330.00–331.25	330.31
285	850–900	865	316.00–337.25	331.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	609	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	476	485.00	485.00
32	550–600	591	406.50	406.50
86	800–850	821	362.00–365.00	364.07
120	850–900	864	350.50–351.00	350.75

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.