Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted on most weights. Demand was mostly good at the annual barbecue auction on a hot and humid day. Sale comprised of mostly weaned fall calves and yearling cattle. Offerings coming off summer grass and grow yards. Some of the backgrounded yearlings displayed a tick of flesh but not overly fleshy. Next sale will be Aug 1st.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $464.00/cwt on 168 head, up $25.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 17 comparable sales and sits +14.84 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$464.00

▲ 25.66 vs prior sale

168 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$23.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.50

vs NE average

+47.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	465.37	2,551	158
Medium and Large 1-2	537	442.21	2,375	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.16/cwt here — about $176 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.03, low $426.75, median $449.16 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale168 hd

464.00

—

NE average4 barns · 608 hd

478.49

−14.50

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

+47.89

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

+14.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	995	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,433	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	538.83/cwt	525.00–575.00	1,918	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,118	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	434.87/cwt	422.00–448.00	2,518	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,994	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	488.59/cwt	465.00–508.00	2,555	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	410.79/cwt	407.00–421.00	3,032	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	357.44/cwt	340.00–360.00	3,310	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	375.55/cwt	365.00–379.25	2,696	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	319.09/cwt	307.00–320.50	2,945	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	351.66/cwt	347.50–357.00	3,070	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	402.37/cwt	400.00–403.00	3,046	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	352.39/cwt	340.00–361.00	2,735	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	391.16/cwt	378.00–400.00	2,613	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,442	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	459.49/cwt	455.00–462.50	2,955	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	495.24/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,872	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	502.37/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,668	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	364.09/cwt	360.50–365.50	3,033	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	331.04/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,774	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	581	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,832	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	325.91/cwt	323.00–326.50	2,907	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	438.59/cwt	421.00–452.50	2,939	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	357.75/cwt	353.00–363.00	2,905	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,795	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	442.21/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,375	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,275	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	417.54/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,585	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	492	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,706	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	371.04/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,879	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,609	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,195	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	375.20/cwt	359.50–380.00	3,054	51

How this sale compares

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	950–1000	995	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	448	545.00	545.00
5	450–500	471	540.00	540.00
47	500–550	531	495.00–505.00	502.37
46	550–600	580	480.00–500.00	495.24
10	600–650	643	455.00–462.50	459.49
118	650–700	670	421.00–452.50	438.59
133	700–750	738	407.00–421.00	410.79
57	750–800	757	400.00–403.00	402.37
51	800–850	814	359.50–380.00	375.20
201	850–900	873	347.50–357.00	351.66
76	900–950	926	340.00–360.00	357.44
103	950–1000	959	341.50	341.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	636	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	704	397.00	397.00
21	750–800	776	364.00–381.00	371.04
360	800–850	833	360.50–365.50	364.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	492	550.00	550.00
23	550–600	581	487.50	487.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	259	1,675.00	1,675.00
18	350–400	356	525.00–575.00	538.83
19	450–500	476	445.00	445.00
81	500–550	523	465.00–508.00	488.59
51	550–600	579	422.00–448.00	434.87
121	600–650	619	400.00–433.00	417.54
181	650–700	668	378.00–400.00	391.16
206	700–750	718	365.00–379.25	375.55
396	750–800	776	340.00–361.00	352.39
201	800–850	812	353.00–363.00	357.75
370	850–900	892	323.00–326.50	325.91
393	900–950	923	307.00–320.50	319.09
64	950–1000	972	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	580	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	537	430.00–450.00	442.21
23	800–850	838	329.00–335.00	331.04
6	850–900	896	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	455	482.50	482.50
19	550–600	561	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	200–250	248	1,825.00	1,825.00

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.

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