Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate today, with a nice selection of feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.00/cwt on 10 head, up $14.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +4.02 against this barn's trailing median of $469.98.

Average price

$474.00

▲ 14.00 vs prior sale

10 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.48

vs NE average

+20.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	474.00	2,721	10thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.00, low $432.22, median $469.98 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 sale10 hd

474.00

—

NE average5 barns · 148 hd

485.48

−11.48

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+20.28

This barn, trailing median7 sales

469.98

+4.02

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	300–350	338	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	351.18/cwt	343.00–354.75	2,753	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	346.39/cwt	340.25–353.50	3,221	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	352.50/cwt	350.00–357.00	3,134	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	331.19/cwt	330.50–332.00	3,179	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,721	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,970	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,657	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,326	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,022	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 Jun 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 300Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate today, with a nice selection of feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	610.00	610.00
4	450–500	476	492.50	492.50
10	550–600	574	474.00	474.00
192	850–900	889	350.00–357.00	352.50
281	900–950	930	340.25–353.50	346.39
151	950–1000	960	330.50–332.00	331.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	545.00	545.00
10	500–550	541	430.00	430.00
17	700–750	718	370.00	370.00
283	750–800	784	343.00–354.75	351.18
120	850–900	884	336.00	336.00

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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