Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $315.33/cwt on 267 head, down $22.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −25.90 against this barn's trailing median of $341.23.

Average price

$315.33

▼ 22.06 vs prior sale

267 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$18.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.11

vs NE average

−8.14 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	319.66	2,522	205
Medium and Large 1-2	762	301.00	2,294	62

One grade step is worth $18.66/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

8 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $355.47, low $315.33, median $341.23 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 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale267 hd

315.33

—

NE average5 barns · 511 hd

328.44

−13.11

National average114 barns · 3,765 hd

323.47

−8.14

This barn, trailing median8 sales

341.23

−25.90

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	808	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,392	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	303.90/cwt	297.00–310.75	2,677	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	305.71/cwt	303.25–309.00	2,785	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	319.66/cwt	319.50–320.00	2,522	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,935	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,294	62

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 Sep 11, 2026

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

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No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	750–800	789	319.50–320.00	319.66
114	800–850	808	296.00	296.00
146	850–900	881	297.00–310.75	303.90
195	900–950	911	303.25–309.00	305.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	750–800	762	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	900–950	906	324.00	324.00

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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