Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate, due to the board the last few days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.00/cwt on 4 head, down $21.00 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −21.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$409.00

▼ 21.00 vs prior sale

4 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−43.15

vs NE average

+12.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	409.00	2,262	4thin

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 sale4 hd

409.00

—

NE average3 barns · 266 hd

452.15

−43.15

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+12.95

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

−21.95

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

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 1-2	750–800	794	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,517	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,485	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	338.00/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,606	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	325.85/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,623	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	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 Jul 17, 2026

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

Receipts 540Last week 1,100Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was moderate, due to the board the last few days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	615	295.00	295.00
65	750–800	794	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	557.50	557.50
4	550–600	553	409.00	409.00
99	700–750	710	350.00	350.00
124	750–800	771	330.00–345.00	338.00
237	800–850	805	316.00–331.00	325.85

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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