Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Replacement heifer sale today. No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on a good selection of heifers offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $427.84/cwt on 42 head, up $5.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −3.11 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$427.84

▲ 5.89 vs prior sale

42 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.55

vs NE average

−3.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	427.84	2,477	42

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $421.95, 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

427.84

—

NE average11 barns · 2,651 hd

452.39

−24.55

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−3.70

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−3.11

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

11 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	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,894	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	427.84/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,477	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,673	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	331.00/cwt	328.50–332.50	2,770	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	633	2,813.69/head	2,775.00–2,825.00	2,814	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	2,965.40/head	2,900.00–2,985.00	2,965	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	674	2,819.97/head	2,800.00–2,875.00	2,820	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	2,975.22/head	2,775.00–3,025.00	2,975	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,893	19

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,318Last week 2,475Year ago 0

Replacement heifer sale today. No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on a good selection of heifers offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
42	550–600	579	420.00–436.00	427.84
58	750–800	753	355.00	355.00
184	800–850	837	328.50–332.50	331.00
28	950–1000	955	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
160	600–650	633	2,775.00–2,825.00	2,813.69
200	650–700	674	2,800.00–2,875.00	2,819.97
390	700–750	719	2,775.00–3,025.00	2,975.22
177	750–800	774	2,900.00–2,985.00	2,965.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	535.00	535.00
19	700–750	709	408.00	408.00

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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