Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-03-06

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 6

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

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Receipts

2,800 head

▲ 1,482 vs last sale 1,318▲ 2,800 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was moderate to good, with a good selection of replacement heifers offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $470.19/cwt on 267 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +39.24 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$470.19

267 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.52

vs NE average

+49.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	470.19	2,578	267

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale267 hd

470.19

—

NE average7 barns · 1,060 hd

457.68

+12.52

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+49.23

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+39.24

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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, 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.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	634.00/cwt	634.00–634.00	2,517	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	590.93/cwt	587.00–595.00	2,541	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	551.90/cwt	542.50–556.00	2,533	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,570	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	451.14/cwt	450.00–452.50	2,517	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	466.04/cwt	464.00–474.00	2,740	179
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,870	94
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	442.94/cwt	437.50–447.00	2,795	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,909	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	425.63/cwt	422.00–439.00	2,856	79
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,640	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,687	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,850	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	371.63/cwt	369.00–372.50	2,928	147
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,784	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,011	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	537.19/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,079	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	519.87/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,225	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	503.45/cwt	487.50–510.00	2,457	113
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	486.88/cwt	444.00–500.00	2,542	139
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	452.07/cwt	445.00–454.50	2,608	128
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	410.61/cwt	403.00–415.00	2,538	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	380.20/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,437	117
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,554	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,599	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	741	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	341.40/cwt	336.00–346.50	2,663	147
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	786	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	71
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	339.21/cwt	325.00–344.50	2,741	524
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	810	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	321.32/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,792	132

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 1,318Year ago 0

No comparison . Demand was moderate to good, with a good selection of replacement heifers offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	397	634.00	634.00
12	400–450	430	587.00–595.00	590.93
53	450–500	459	542.50–556.00	551.90
28	500–550	504	510.00	510.00
179	550–600	588	464.00–474.00	466.04
53	600–650	631	437.50–447.00	442.94
79	650–700	671	422.00–439.00	425.63
33	700–750	727	392.00	392.00
147	750–800	788	369.00–372.50	371.63
63	800–850	847	355.50	355.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	558	450.00–452.50	451.14
15	650–700	693	381.00	381.00
27	700–750	709	379.00	379.00
23	800–850	836	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	608	472.00	472.00
25	650–700	650	447.50	447.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	535.00–540.00	537.19
24	400–450	428	515.00–535.00	519.87
113	450–500	488	487.50–510.00	503.45
139	500–550	522	444.00–500.00	486.88
128	550–600	577	445.00–454.50	452.07
117	600–650	641	374.00–395.00	380.20
48	650–700	672	380.00	380.00
26	700–750	726	358.00	358.00
147	750–800	780	336.00–346.50	341.40
524	800–850	808	325.00–344.50	339.21
132	850–900	869	320.00–322.50	321.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
69	650–700	678	2,800.00	2,800.00
61	700–750	741	2,700.00	2,700.00
64	750–800	786	2,925.00	2,925.00
65	800–850	810	2,925.00	2,925.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	652	355.00	355.00
71	750–800	790	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	618	403.00–415.00	410.61

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.