Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was moderate to good, with a good selection of replacement heifers offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $470.19/cwt on 267 head, up $42.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +39.24 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$470.19

▲ 42.35 vs prior sale

267 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.52

vs NE average

+49.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	470.19	2,578	267

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 sale267 hd

470.19

—

NE average7 barns · 1,060 hd

457.68

+12.52

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+49.23

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+39.24

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

34 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	800–850	847	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,011	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	380.20/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,437	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	786	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	425.63/cwt	422.00–439.00	2,856	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	741	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,570	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	503.45/cwt	487.50–510.00	2,457	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	551.90/cwt	542.50–556.00	2,533	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,850	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	321.32/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,792	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	452.07/cwt	445.00–454.50	2,608	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	339.21/cwt	325.00–344.50	2,741	524
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	634.00/cwt	634.00–634.00	2,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	466.04/cwt	464.00–474.00	2,740	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	810	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	341.40/cwt	336.00–346.50	2,663	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	486.88/cwt	444.00–500.00	2,542	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,554	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	442.94/cwt	437.50–447.00	2,795	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,784	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	451.14/cwt	450.00–452.50	2,517	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	371.63/cwt	369.00–372.50	2,928	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	590.93/cwt	587.00–595.00	2,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,640	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,687	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,599	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	519.87/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,225	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	537.19/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,079	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,870	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,909	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	410.61/cwt	403.00–415.00	2,538	72

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 1,318Year ago 0

No comparison . Demand was moderate to good, with a good selection of replacement heifers offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	397	634.00	634.00
12	400–450	430	587.00–595.00	590.93
53	450–500	459	542.50–556.00	551.90
28	500–550	504	510.00	510.00
179	550–600	588	464.00–474.00	466.04
53	600–650	631	437.50–447.00	442.94
79	650–700	671	422.00–439.00	425.63
33	700–750	727	392.00	392.00
147	750–800	788	369.00–372.50	371.63
63	800–850	847	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	558	450.00–452.50	451.14
15	650–700	693	381.00	381.00
27	700–750	709	379.00	379.00
23	800–850	836	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	608	472.00	472.00
25	650–700	650	447.50	447.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	535.00–540.00	537.19
24	400–450	428	515.00–535.00	519.87
113	450–500	488	487.50–510.00	503.45
139	500–550	522	444.00–500.00	486.88
128	550–600	577	445.00–454.50	452.07
117	600–650	641	374.00–395.00	380.20
48	650–700	672	380.00	380.00
26	700–750	726	358.00	358.00
147	750–800	780	336.00–346.50	341.40
524	800–850	808	325.00–344.50	339.21
132	850–900	869	320.00–322.50	321.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
69	650–700	678	2,800.00	2,800.00
61	700–750	741	2,700.00	2,700.00
64	750–800	786	2,925.00	2,925.00
65	800–850	810	2,925.00	2,925.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	652	355.00	355.00
71	750–800	790	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	618	403.00–415.00	410.61

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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