Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-05-29

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, May 29

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← May 8May 29Jun 12 →

Receipts

300 head

▼ 467 vs last sale 767▲ 300 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,

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 $452.77/cwt on 36 head, down $1.23 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +21.82 against this barn's trailing median of $430.95.

Average price

$452.77

▼ 1.23 vs prior sale

36 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.77

vs NE average

+45.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	452.77	2,373	36

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 sale36 hd

452.77

—

NE average6 barns · 611 hd

464.54

−11.77

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

+45.33

This barn, trailing median8 sales

430.95

+21.82

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

6 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	574.00/cwt	574.00–574.00	2,130	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,470	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	389.41/cwt	381.00–404.00	2,675	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	452.77/cwt	448.00–470.00	2,373	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,425	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	333.92/cwt	331.50–335.00	2,788	199

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 May 29, 2026

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

Receipts 300Last week 767Year ago 0

No comparison, Demand was moderate to good,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	524	448.00–470.00	452.77
4	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
199	800–850	835	331.50–335.00	333.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	574.00	574.00
27	500–550	537	460.00	460.00
8	650–700	687	381.00–404.00	389.41

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.