Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, Demand was moderate to good,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $452.77/cwt on 36 head, down $1.23 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +21.82 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$452.77

▼ 1.23 vs prior sale

36 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.77

vs NE average

+45.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	452.77	2,373	36

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 sale36 hd

452.77

—

NE average6 barns · 611 hd

464.54

−11.77

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

+45.33

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+21.82

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

6 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	800–850	835	333.92/cwt	331.50–335.00	2,788	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	452.77/cwt	448.00–470.00	2,373	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,470	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	574.00/cwt	574.00–574.00	2,130	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	389.41/cwt	381.00–404.00	2,675	8

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 300Last week 767Year ago 0

No comparison, Demand was moderate to good,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	524	448.00–470.00	452.77
4	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
199	800–850	835	331.50–335.00	333.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	574.00	574.00
27	500–550	537	460.00	460.00
8	650–700	687	381.00–404.00	389.41

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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