Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-04-17

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 17
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
← Apr 3Apr 17May 8 →
Receipts
175 head
▼ 1,713 vs last sale 1,888▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short run today due to the markets. Next special will be May 8. expecting a nice run.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $399.00/cwt on 9 head, down $5.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +13.12 against this barn's trailing median of $385.88.
Average price
$399.00
▼ 5.22 vs prior sale
9 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.09
vs NE average
+12.05 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1643399.002,5669thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
399.00
—
NE average7 barns · 1,078 hd
392.91
+6.09
National average174 barns · 11,112 hd
386.95
+12.05
This barn, trailing median5 sales
385.88
+13.12
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 600–700 lb

5 sales
437403369335median 385.8803/0604/0305/0809/2510/23
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $423.00, low $349.23, median $385.88 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

7 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,60911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,78915
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,8656
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1497450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,23713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,5669
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1872325.75/cwt325.75–325.752,84152
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1992306.70/cwt306.50–309.003,04261

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.
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