▼ 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 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 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +22.77 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.
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 median9 sales
430.00
+22.77
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.
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.
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.
Source: USDA AMS · Imperial · Fri, May 29 · slug 1854 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ne/imperial-auction-market-1854/2026-05-29