Sale reports / Nebraska / Imperial / 2026-11-06

Imperial

Name: Imperial livestock auction prices — 2026-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854

← Oct 23Nov 6latest

Receipts

639 head

▼ 380 vs last sale 1,019▲ 639 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was on a decline from the cme cattlr boards.

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 $383.65/cwt on 124 head, down $22.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −46.35 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$383.65

▼ 22.54 vs prior sale

124 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.65

vs NE average

+26.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	383.65	2,039	124

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 sale124 hd

383.65

—

NE average9 barns · 1,329 hd

391.30

−7.65

National average167 barns · 16,771 hd

357.37

+26.28

This barn, trailing median9 sales

430.00

−46.35

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.19, low $382.75, median $430.00 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

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	528.74/cwt	527.50–532.00	2,014	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,277	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,105	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	441.25/cwt	430.00–448.00	2,317	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,385	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	397.27/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,515	101
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,058	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,015	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,638	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	426.35/cwt	415.00–428.00	1,821	61
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,749	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	397.01/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,080	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,931	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	34
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,580	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,698	59
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,704	21

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 Nov 6, 2026

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

Receipts 639Last week 1,019Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was on a decline from the cme cattlr boards.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	457.50	457.50
61	400–450	427	415.00–428.00	426.35
9	450–500	459	381.00	381.00
88	500–550	524	390.00–400.00	397.01
36	550–600	550	351.00	351.00
34	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
18	850–900	857	301.00	301.00
59	900–950	940	287.00	287.00
21	950–1000	952	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	381	527.50–532.00	528.74
10	400–450	420	480.00	480.00
22	450–500	450	506.00	506.00
27	500–550	525	430.00–448.00	441.25
36	550–600	552	432.00	432.00
101	600–650	633	392.50–405.00	397.27
12	1050–1100	1,058	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	485	434.00	434.00
5	550–600	553	380.00	380.00

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.