Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-10-09

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 9

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23 →

Receipts

1,881 head

▲ 181 vs last sale 1,700▲ 1,881 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale three weeks ago, most lots of steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good from start to finish for the nice supply of yearlings and fresh calves for the 12th anniversary sale at Imperial Livestock. Bulk of the calves had two rounds of vaccinations with a couple drives having FerAppease applied on loadout to the auction. Next sale will be in two weeks.

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 $391.94/cwt on 92 head, up $9.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −39.01 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$391.94

▲ 9.19 vs prior sale

92 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$28.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.24

vs NE average

+24.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	393.82	2,064	86
Medium and Large 1-2	533	365.00	1,945	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.82/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale92 hd

391.94

—

NE average10 barns · 2,076 hd

413.18

−21.24

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

+24.03

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−39.01

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, as filed

23 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,702	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	554.91/cwt	547.00–563.00	2,025	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,976	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,241	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	514.20/cwt	502.00–519.00	2,453	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	485	524.16/cwt	512.50–530.00	2,542	184
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	469.99/cwt	462.00–477.00	2,533	102
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,237	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,499	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	410.39/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,487	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,544	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,424	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	331.43/cwt	321.00–334.00	2,857	84
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,029	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,812	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	452.37/cwt	435.00–457.50	1,936	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	393.82/cwt	391.00–396.00	2,064	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,945	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	334.90/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,448	196
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	318.62/cwt	315.50–321.50	2,472	149
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	312.51/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,578	324
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	318.79/cwt	310.00–329.75	2,754	118
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,014	278.32/cwt	275.00–279.00	2,822	66

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

Fri Oct 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,881Last week 1,700Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	365	547.00–563.00	554.91
26	400–450	444	445.00	445.00
61	450–500	477	502.00–519.00	514.20
102	500–550	539	462.00–477.00	469.99
25	550–600	568	440.00	440.00
56	600–650	606	390.00–416.00	410.39
5	650–700	666	382.00	382.00
8	700–750	713	340.00	340.00
84	850–900	862	321.00–334.00	331.43
120	900–950	907	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	512.50	512.50
46	450–500	466	481.00	481.00
19	500–550	543	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
184	450–500	485	512.50–530.00	524.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	394	460.00	460.00
61	400–450	428	435.00–457.50	452.37
86	500–550	524	391.00–396.00	393.82
196	700–750	731	331.00–340.00	334.90
149	750–800	776	315.50–321.50	318.62
324	800–850	825	310.00–316.00	312.51
118	850–900	864	310.00–329.75	318.79
66	1000–1050	1,014	275.00–279.00	278.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	365.00	365.00

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.