Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Nice run of calves and feeders offered to day. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.22/cwt on 102 head, down $41.78 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −37.76 against this barn's trailing median of $469.98.

Average price

$432.22

▼ 41.78 vs prior sale

102 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$44.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs NE average

+26.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	439.15	2,534	86
Medium and Large 1-2	579	395.00	2,287	16thin

One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale102 hd

432.22

—

NE average5 barns · 583 hd

444.71

−12.49

National average174 barns · 11,933 hd

405.57

+26.65

This barn, trailing median7 sales

469.98

−37.76

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

25 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 1Fancy	450–500	487	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,104	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	474	499.74/cwt	487.00–513.00	2,369	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,016	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	375.49/cwt	371.00–383.00	2,122	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,111	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	391.49/cwt	386.00–393.00	2,435	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,216	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,287	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	450.80/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,200	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	329.81/cwt	326.00–336.00	3,047	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	439.15/cwt	437.00–440.00	2,534	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	465.29/cwt	464.00–466.00	1,763	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	345.36/cwt	341.00–347.50	3,036	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,135	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,536	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,665	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,788	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	323.32/cwt	322.00–324.00	3,181	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,598	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	393.56/cwt	380.00–397.00	1,909	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,079	13

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 807Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Nice run of calves and feeders offered to day. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	487	432.00	432.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	379	464.00–466.00	465.29
13	400–450	443	455.00	455.00
64	450–500	485	380.00–397.00	393.56
29	500–550	547	386.00	386.00
13	550–600	565	371.00–383.00	375.49
38	600–650	603	367.50	367.50
8	650–700	688	342.00	342.00
103	700–750	736	344.50	344.50
68	750–800	763	340.50	340.50
45	900–950	914	305.00	305.00
31	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	474	487.00–513.00	499.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	512.50	512.50
13	350–400	385	540.00	540.00
56	450–500	488	440.00–452.00	450.80
86	550–600	577	437.00–440.00	439.15
46	600–650	622	386.00–393.00	391.49
38	700–750	707	377.00	377.00
195	850–900	879	341.00–347.50	345.36
257	900–950	924	326.00–336.00	329.81
299	950–1000	984	322.00–324.00	323.32
65	1000–1050	1,013	309.50	309.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	395.00	395.00

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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