Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-06-12

Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Jun 12
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
Receipts
1,100 head
▲ 800 vs last sale 300▲ 1,100 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 today, with a nice selection of feeders offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $474.00/cwt on 10 head, up $14.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +10.65 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.
Average price
$474.00
▲ 14.00 vs prior sale
10 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.48
vs NE average
+20.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574474.002,72110thin
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 sale10 hd
474.00
—
NE average5 barns · 148 hd
485.48
−11.48
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+20.28
This barn, trailing median9 sales
463.35
+10.65
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
509479448418median 463.3503/0604/1705/2909/2510/23
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

11 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,0628
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,3444
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,72110
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889352.50/cwt350.00–357.003,134192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930346.39/cwt340.25–353.503,221281
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960331.19/cwt330.50–332.003,179151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,32610
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,65717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784351.18/cwt343.00–354.752,753283
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,970120

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.