Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice run of cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.00/cwt on 19 head, up $22.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +22.10 against this barn's trailing median of $431.90.

Average price

$454.00

▲ 22.10 vs prior sale

19 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.19

vs NE average

+26.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	454.00	2,356	19thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, median $431.90 across 7 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 sale19 hd

454.00

—

NE average6 barns · 1,569 hd

468.19

−14.19

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+26.10

This barn, trailing median7 sales

431.90

+22.10

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	426.68/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,948	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,847	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,697	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,545	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	336.99/cwt	335.50–337.50	2,912	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,693	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,673	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,356	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,259	5

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 May 8, 2026

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

Receipts 767Last week 175Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice run of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	449.00	449.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	547	493.00	493.00
104	650–700	691	422.00–427.00	426.68
49	850–900	868	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	783	325.00	325.00
6	800–850	822	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	488.00	488.00
19	500–550	519	454.00	454.00
67	600–650	632	423.00	423.00
70	750–800	784	343.50	343.50
235	850–900	864	335.50–337.50	336.99

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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