Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good on a cold day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.13/cwt on 160 head, up $29.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +32.17 against this barn's trailing median of $476.96.

Average price

$509.13

▲ 29.21 vs prior sale

160 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$28.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

vs NE average

+43.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	514.89	2,757	128
Medium and Large 1-2	536	486.07	2,605	32

One grade step is worth $28.82/cwt here — about $152 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.

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 sale160 hd

509.13

—

NE average8 barns · 2,387 hd

505.49

+3.64

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+43.80

This barn, trailing median8 sales

476.96

+32.17

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

26 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,359	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	377.07/cwt	376.00–382.50	2,413	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	326.19/cwt	324.75–328.00	2,655	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	416.77/cwt	416.00–421.00	2,446	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	486.07/cwt	481.00–495.00	2,605	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	490.42/cwt	480.00–499.00	2,741	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	340.85/cwt	333.50–346.00	3,027	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	424.46/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,717	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	325.13/cwt	320.00–327.50	3,173	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	347.96/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,902	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	531.10/cwt	520.00–532.00	2,762	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	375.57/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,539	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,282	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	410.61/cwt	405.50–424.00	2,792	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	366.74/cwt	360.50–375.00	2,872	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	769	390.10/cwt	390.10–390.10	3,000	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,819	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	345.93/cwt	341.50–349.00	2,408	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	340.48/cwt	329.00–345.50	2,462	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,532	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	388.44/cwt	381.50–396.00	2,871	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	2,117	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	461.98/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,301	59

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

Sat Jan 24, 2026

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

Receipts 2,475Last week 1,025Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good on a cold day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	395	536.00	536.00
59	450–500	498	445.00–465.00	461.98
23	500–550	523	451.00	451.00
129	550–600	587	416.00–421.00	416.77
36	600–650	640	376.00–382.50	377.07
108	650–700	676	371.00–380.00	375.57
62	700–750	723	329.00–345.50	340.48
109	800–850	814	324.75–328.00	326.19
11	900–950	926	305.00	305.00
5	1000–1050	1,005	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	634	360.00	360.00
113	650–700	696	341.50–349.00	345.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	536	481.00–495.00	486.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	422	600.00	600.00
77	500–550	520	520.00–532.00	531.10
51	550–600	559	480.00–499.00	490.42
49	600–650	640	419.00–436.00	424.46
199	650–700	680	405.50–424.00	410.61
327	700–750	739	381.50–396.00	388.44
260	750–800	783	360.50–375.00	366.74
104	800–850	834	347.50–350.00	347.96
178	850–900	888	333.50–346.00	340.85
11	900–950	901	330.00	330.00
113	950–1000	976	320.00–327.50	325.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	650–700	651	433.00	433.00
150	750–800	769	390.10	390.10

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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