Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-04-03

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Mar 6Apr 3Apr 17 →

Receipts

1,888 head

▼ 912 vs last sale 2,800▲ 1,888 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on good selection of feeders and grass cattle 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 $431.90/cwt on 77 head, down $38.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +0.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$431.90

▼ 38.30 vs prior sale

77 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.60

vs NE average

+8.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	441.22	2,486	54
Medium and Large 1-2	597	410.00	2,448	23

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $38 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale77 hd

431.90

—

NE average7 barns · 1,165 hd

445.50

−13.60

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

+8.71

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+0.95

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

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,338	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,398	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,573	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,600	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	571	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,581	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	472.27/cwt	468.00–473.00	2,782	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,790	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,670	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,900	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	413.60/cwt	402.00–415.00	2,949	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,049	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	369.99/cwt	363.00–379.00	3,034	125
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	358.12/cwt	350.00–363.00	3,083	194
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,333	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,842	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,401	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,419	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	430.43/cwt	420.00–438.00	2,496	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,448	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,549	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,703	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	383.14/cwt	374.00–389.00	2,651	62
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,734	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	353.68/cwt	352.00–361.00	2,783	477
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	341.34/cwt	340.00–344.50	2,830	253
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,866	60

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 Apr 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,888Last week 2,800Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on good selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	656	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	329	560.00	560.00
20	450–500	488	492.00	492.00
12	500–550	505	479.00	479.00
42	550–600	580	420.00–438.00	430.43
68	600–650	607	420.00	420.00
62	650–700	692	374.00–389.00	383.14
30	700–750	712	384.00	384.00
477	750–800	787	352.00–361.00	353.68
253	800–850	829	340.00–344.50	341.34
60	850–900	866	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	597	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	655.00	655.00
19	400–450	417	575.00	575.00
23	450–500	492	523.00	523.00
6	500–550	522	498.00	498.00
53	550–600	589	468.00–473.00	472.27
15	600–650	604	462.00	462.00
29	650–700	659	440.00	440.00
75	700–750	713	402.00–415.00	413.60
42	750–800	790	386.00	386.00
125	800–850	820	363.00–379.00	369.99
194	850–900	861	350.00–363.00	358.12
87	1000–1050	1,010	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	611	437.00	437.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	571	452.00	452.00

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.