Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2025-09-23

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 23

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Sep 9Sep 23Oct 11 →

Receipts

630 head

▼ 438 vs last sale 1,068▼ 270 vs year ago 900 · −30.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings for an adequate market comparison. Receipts were shortened due to the muddy roads in the trade area from the recent rains. Few, packages of fresh bawling calves and yearlings on hand. Demand was good with several buyers looking to purchase cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.00/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −15.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$415.00

52 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,133

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.17

vs NE average

+49.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	415.00	2,133	52

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale52 hd

415.00

—

NE average4 barns · 408 hd

418.17

−3.17

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+49.15

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−15.95

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 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, median $430.95 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,119	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,055	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	2,223	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,453	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	493.57/cwt	487.00–500.00	2,344	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,548	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	469.42/cwt	459.00–479.00	2,680	109
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,739	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,755	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,982	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,986	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	455.26/cwt	442.50–457.50	2,185	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,133	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,414	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	367.75/cwt	365.50–370.00	2,699	162

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 630Last week 1,068Year ago 900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	339	625.00	625.00
28	400–450	402	553.00	553.00
17	450–500	462	531.00	531.00
53	500–550	521	489.00	489.00
109	550–600	571	459.00–479.00	469.42
8	750–800	787	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	631	434.00	434.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	515.00	515.00
12	450–500	475	487.00–500.00	493.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	560.00	560.00
27	400–450	412	482.00	482.00
40	450–500	480	442.50–457.50	455.26
52	500–550	514	415.00	415.00
23	600–650	631	382.50	382.50
162	700–750	734	365.50–370.00	367.75

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.