Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2025-04-08

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 8

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Mar 25Apr 8Apr 29 →

Receipts

617 head

▼ 1,330 vs last sale 1,947▼ 213 vs year ago 830 · −25.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate on a short run.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −105.85 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$357.50

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.51

vs NE average

+3.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	357.50	2,006	5thin

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 sale5 hd

357.50

—

NE average6 barns · 1,907 hd

395.01

−37.51

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+3.20

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

−105.85

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.00, low $432.22, median $463.35 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

14 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 1-2	349	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,347	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,527	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,763	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,006	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,117	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,186	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	283.46/cwt	280.25–286.75	2,188	125
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,303	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,219	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,698	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,894	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,677	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	290.97/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,955	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	256.04/cwt	254.25–258.50	1,997	187

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Receipts 617Last week 1,947Year ago 830

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate on a short run.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	546	311.00	311.00
10	600–650	607	312.00	312.00
40	650–700	672	285.00–292.00	290.97
187	750–800	780	254.25–258.50	256.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	621	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	408.00	408.00
5	550–600	561	357.50	357.50
9	650–700	683	310.00	310.00
53	700–750	711	307.50	307.50
125	750–800	772	280.25–286.75	283.46
63	850–900	853	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	386.00	386.00
7	400–450	416	367.00	367.00
5	850–900	886	250.50	250.50

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.