Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-09-25

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 25

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9 →

Receipts

1,700 head

▲ 893 vs last sale 807▲ 1,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Nice run of calves and feeders offered to day. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.22/cwt on 102 head, down $41.78 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −31.12 against this barn's trailing median of $463.35.

Average price

$432.22

▼ 41.78 vs prior sale

102 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$44.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs NE average

+26.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	439.15	2,534	86
Medium and Large 1-2	579	395.00	2,287	16thin

One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about $247 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 sale102 hd

432.22

—

NE average5 barns · 583 hd

444.71

−12.49

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

+26.81

This barn, trailing median9 sales

463.35

−31.12

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 500–600 lb

9 sales

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

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,553	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,079	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	474	499.74/cwt	487.00–513.00	2,369	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	450.80/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,200	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	439.15/cwt	437.00–440.00	2,534	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,287	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	391.49/cwt	386.00–393.00	2,435	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,665	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	345.36/cwt	341.00–347.50	3,036	195
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	329.81/cwt	326.00–336.00	3,047	257
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	323.32/cwt	322.00–324.00	3,181	299
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,135	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	465.29/cwt	464.00–466.00	1,763	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,624	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,016	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	393.56/cwt	380.00–397.00	1,909	64
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	487	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,104	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,111	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	375.49/cwt	371.00–383.00	2,122	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,216	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,353	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,536	103
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,598	68
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,788	45
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	31

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 Sep 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 807Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Nice run of calves and feeders offered to day. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	512.50	512.50
13	350–400	385	540.00	540.00
56	450–500	488	440.00–452.00	450.80
86	550–600	577	437.00–440.00	439.15
46	600–650	622	386.00–393.00	391.49
38	700–750	707	377.00	377.00
195	850–900	879	341.00–347.50	345.36
257	900–950	924	326.00–336.00	329.81
299	950–1000	984	322.00–324.00	323.32
65	1000–1050	1,013	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	474	487.00–513.00	499.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	379	464.00–466.00	465.29
13	400–450	443	455.00	455.00
64	450–500	485	380.00–397.00	393.56
29	500–550	547	386.00	386.00
13	550–600	565	371.00–383.00	375.49
38	600–650	603	367.50	367.50
8	650–700	688	342.00	342.00
103	700–750	736	344.50	344.50
68	750–800	763	340.50	340.50
45	900–950	914	305.00	305.00
31	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	487	432.00	432.00

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.