Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of the year, so no comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered. Imperial sales will now be on Fridays instead of Tuesdays. The next special will be on January 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.91/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +2.96 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$479.91

193 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

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

$1.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.15

vs NE average

+13.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	481.00	2,549	34
Medium and Large 1	557	479.68	2,670	159

One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about −$120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.13, low $460.00, median $476.96 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale193 hd

479.91

—

NE average10 barns · 4,206 hd

495.06

−15.15

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+13.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

+2.96

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

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,590	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	343.56/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,525	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	378.48/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,763	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	435.32/cwt	422.00–439.00	2,734	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	457.74/cwt	457.00–459.00	2,728	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,728	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,257	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	505.53/cwt	503.00–522.50	2,578	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	378.87/cwt	377.50–381.00	2,902	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,549	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,781	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,543	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,612	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	497.00/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,341	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	422.28/cwt	417.00–427.00	2,361	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,524	5

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 561Year ago 0

First sale of the year, so no comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered. Imperial sales will now be on Fridays instead of Tuesdays. The next special will be on January 23.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	496	525.00	525.00
73	500–550	510	503.00–522.50	505.53
86	550–600	596	457.00–459.00	457.74
114	600–650	628	422.00–439.00	435.32
45	650–700	651	419.00	419.00
27	700–750	730	373.00–390.00	378.48
114	750–800	766	377.50–381.00	378.87
70	900–950	944	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	530	481.00	481.00
5	900–950	942	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	471	490.00–500.00	497.00
15	550–600	559	417.00–427.00	422.28
5	600–650	631	400.00	400.00
60	650–700	658	386.50	386.50
91	700–750	735	342.50–344.00	343.56
52	750–800	767	340.50	340.50
72	800–850	802	323.00	323.00
70	850–900	865	321.50	321.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	699	351.00	351.00

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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