Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats and on the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.33/cwt on 79 head, down $87.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −72.82 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$376.33

▼ 87.66 vs prior sale

79 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$223

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

$2.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

vs NE average

+38.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	377.46	1,976	49
Medium and Large 1	587	374.50	2,198	30

One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about −$223 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 $376.33, 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 sale79 hd

376.33

—

NE average3 barns · 143 hd

377.82

−1.48

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

+38.31

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

−72.82

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

32 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	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,364	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	304.63/cwt	299.00–308.50	2,793	344
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	344.83/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,383	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	868	291.65/cwt	282.00–299.00	2,532	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	931	287.72/cwt	283.00–292.50	2,679	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	968	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,720	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,283	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,453	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,198	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	318.37/cwt	314.00–324.00	2,811	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	352.97/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,203	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,507	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	358.74/cwt	353.00–373.00	2,830	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	347.08/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,315	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,130	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	314.96/cwt	307.00–326.00	2,948	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	340.22/cwt	327.50–341.75	2,834	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,567	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	333.02/cwt	321.00–335.25	2,531	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	379.44/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,965	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,820	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	374.68/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,510	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	321.44/cwt	309.00–323.25	2,771	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,469	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	769	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,403	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	306.68/cwt	301.50–309.00	3,125	58
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,037	26
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,888	6
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,037	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,831	29

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 →

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Aug 29, 2026

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

Receipts 2,786Last week 3,792Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	571	414.00	414.00
62	650–700	680	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	531	430.00	430.00
69	650–700	670	371.00–376.00	374.68
77	700–750	744	379.00	379.00
51	750–800	789	353.00–373.00	358.74
341	800–850	833	327.50–341.75	340.22
85	850–900	883	314.00–324.00	318.37
363	900–950	936	307.00–326.00	314.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	526	405.00	405.00
31	650–700	667	345.00–347.50	347.08
6	950–1000	990	282.00	282.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,019	301.50–309.00	306.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	624	350.00–355.00	352.97
94	650–700	691	342.50–347.50	344.83
34	700–750	748	328.00	328.00
142	750–800	760	321.00–335.25	333.02
34	800–850	801	313.00	313.00
225	850–900	862	309.00–323.25	321.44
344	900–950	917	299.00–308.50	304.63
12	950–1000	952	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	769	312.50	312.50
49	800–850	834	296.00	296.00
160	850–900	868	282.00–299.00	291.65
127	900–950	931	283.00–292.50	287.72
88	950–1000	968	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	518	372.50–387.50	379.44
5	550–600	571	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	587	374.50	374.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1000–1050	1,004	302.50	302.50
6	1050–1100	1,050	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1000–1050	1,037	273.00	273.00

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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