Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-01-09

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 9

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Dec 16Jan 9Jan 24 →

Receipts

1,025 head

▲ 464 vs last sale 561▲ 1,025 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of the year, so no comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered. Imperial sales will now be on Fridays instead of Tuesdays. The next special will be on January 23.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.91/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +16.57 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$479.91

193 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

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

$1.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.15

vs NE average

+13.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	481.00	2,549	34
Medium and Large 1	557	479.68	2,670	159

One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about −$120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale193 hd

479.91

—

NE average10 barns · 4,206 hd

495.06

−15.15

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+13.58

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

+16.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.00, low $432.22, median $463.35 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

19 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,604	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	505.53/cwt	503.00–522.50	2,578	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,549	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	457.74/cwt	457.00–459.00	2,728	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	435.32/cwt	422.00–439.00	2,734	114
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,728	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	378.48/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,763	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	378.87/cwt	377.50–381.00	2,902	114
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	942	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,014	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,257	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	497.00/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,341	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	422.28/cwt	417.00–427.00	2,361	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,524	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,543	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,453	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	343.56/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,525	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,612	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,590	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,781	70

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 561Year ago 0

First sale of the year, so no comparison to last week. Demand was good on a nice selection offered. Imperial sales will now be on Fridays instead of Tuesdays. The next special will be on January 23.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	496	525.00	525.00
73	500–550	510	503.00–522.50	505.53
86	550–600	596	457.00–459.00	457.74
114	600–650	628	422.00–439.00	435.32
45	650–700	651	419.00	419.00
27	700–750	730	373.00–390.00	378.48
114	750–800	766	377.50–381.00	378.87
70	900–950	944	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	530	481.00	481.00
5	900–950	942	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	471	490.00–500.00	497.00
15	550–600	559	417.00–427.00	422.28
5	600–650	631	400.00	400.00
60	650–700	658	386.50	386.50
91	700–750	735	342.50–344.00	343.56
52	750–800	767	340.50	340.50
72	800–850	802	323.00	323.00
70	850–900	865	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	699	351.00	351.00

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.