Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short run today due to the markets. Next special will be May 8. expecting a nice run.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $399.00/cwt on 9 head, down $5.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +13.12 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.

Average price

$399.00

▼ 5.22 vs prior sale

9 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.09

vs NE average

+12.05 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	399.00	2,566	9thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $362.56, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

399.00

—

NE average7 barns · 1,078 hd

392.91

+6.09

National average174 barns · 11,112 hd

386.95

+12.05

This barn, trailing median5 sales

385.88

+13.12

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

7 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	600–650	643	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	2,841	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	306.70/cwt	306.50–309.00	3,042	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,609	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,789	15

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 175Last week 1,888Year ago 0

No comparison. Short run today due to the markets. Next special will be May 8. expecting a nice run.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	497	450.00	450.00
9	600–650	643	399.00	399.00
52	850–900	872	325.75	325.75
61	950–1000	992	306.50–309.00	306.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	495.00	495.00
15	650–700	682	409.00	409.00
6	800–850	814	352.00	352.00

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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