Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on good selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.90/cwt on 77 head, down $38.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +0.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$431.90

▼ 38.30 vs prior sale

77 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.60

vs NE average

+8.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	441.22	2,486	54
Medium and Large 1-2	597	410.00	2,448	23

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $38 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

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 sale77 hd

431.90

—

NE average7 barns · 1,165 hd

445.50

−13.60

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

+8.71

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+0.95

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 1Fancy	650–700	656	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,703	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,842	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,419	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,401	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,734	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,549	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	358.12/cwt	350.00–363.00	3,083	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,900	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	413.60/cwt	402.00–415.00	2,949	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,049	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,333	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	369.99/cwt	363.00–379.00	3,034	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,790	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	383.14/cwt	374.00–389.00	2,651	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,448	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,398	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,573	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,581	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	472.27/cwt	468.00–473.00	2,782	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	341.34/cwt	340.00–344.50	2,830	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	353.68/cwt	352.00–361.00	2,783	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	430.43/cwt	420.00–438.00	2,496	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,866	60

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 Apr 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,888Last week 2,800Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on good selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	656	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	329	560.00	560.00
20	450–500	488	492.00	492.00
12	500–550	505	479.00	479.00
42	550–600	580	420.00–438.00	430.43
68	600–650	607	420.00	420.00
62	650–700	692	374.00–389.00	383.14
30	700–750	712	384.00	384.00
477	750–800	787	352.00–361.00	353.68
253	800–850	829	340.00–344.50	341.34
60	850–900	866	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	597	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	655.00	655.00
19	400–450	417	575.00	575.00
23	450–500	492	523.00	523.00
6	500–550	522	498.00	498.00
53	550–600	589	468.00–473.00	472.27
15	600–650	604	462.00	462.00
29	650–700	659	440.00	440.00
75	700–750	713	402.00–415.00	413.60
42	750–800	790	386.00	386.00
125	800–850	820	363.00–379.00	369.99
194	850–900	861	350.00–363.00	358.12
87	1000–1050	1,010	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	611	437.00	437.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	571	452.00	452.00

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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