Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, 650-950 lbs steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher and 650-1000 lbs heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd and the internet bidding was also very active. The bulk of the offering consisted of yearling steers and heifers coming off the summer grass and out of the grow yards. Also selling was packages of fall and spring calves along with packages of fall pairs and bred cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.50/cwt on 6 head, up $6.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −79.97 against this barn's trailing median of $502.47.

Average price

$422.50

▲ 6.44 vs prior sale

6 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−43.50

vs NE average

+31.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	422.50	2,493	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $502.47 across 14 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 sale6 hd

422.50

—

NE average4 barns · 690 hd

466.00

−43.50

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+31.91

This barn, trailing median14 sales

502.47

−79.97

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$3,300	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,301	$3,300	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,344	$3,000	10
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	898	$3,200	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$3,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,388	$3,567	27

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,228	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,238	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,792	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,344	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	345.72/cwt	335.00–352.00	2,565	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	947	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,904	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	661	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,360	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,783	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,895	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,639	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	351.69/cwt	348.00–357.00	2,856	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	876	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,724	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	775	350.30/cwt	341.00–352.00	2,715	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,493	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,407	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,364	3,712.17/head	3,700.00–3,725.00	3,712	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	843	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,786	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	389.61/cwt	387.00–393.00	2,610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	308.46/cwt	303.50–309.25	3,011	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	363.80/cwt	356.50–366.00	2,776	84
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,390	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,359	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	350.23/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,364	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	3,000	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,821	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,183	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	311.17/cwt	307.50–312.00	3,062	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,301	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	994	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	901	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	3,241	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	802	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	3,192	297
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,124	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	299.82/cwt	291.00–302.25	3,247	121
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,005	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,864	25

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 Sep 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,010Last week 2,786Year ago 2,690

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 0Year ago 193

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	667	334.00	334.00
8	750–800	773	321.00	321.00
19	900–950	907	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	672	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	550–600	573	381.00	381.00
22	650–700	675	350.00–351.00	350.23
183	700–750	742	335.00–352.00	345.72
21	800–850	846	329.00	329.00
84	850–900	876	322.00	322.00
38	900–950	906	319.50	319.50
67	950–1000	976	303.50–309.25	308.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	947	287.00	287.00
11	950–1000	994	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	661	357.00	357.00
117	750–800	775	341.00–352.00	350.30
61	800–850	843	330.50	330.50
22	850–900	876	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,005	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	590	422.50	422.50
8	600–650	632	391.00	391.00
16	650–700	670	387.00–393.00	389.61
19	700–750	727	384.00	384.00
84	750–800	763	356.50–366.00	363.80
55	800–850	812	348.00–357.00	351.69
25	850–900	876	331.50	331.50
8	900–950	916	327.50	327.50
57	950–1000	984	307.50–312.00	311.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	452.00	452.00
17	650–700	657	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
297	800–850	802	398.00	398.00
381	900–950	901	359.75	359.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,038	301.00	301.00
121	1050–1100	1,083	291.00–302.25	299.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,344	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,390	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,301	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,407	3,450.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,364	3,700.00–3,725.00	3,712.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,430	3,800.00	3,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	898	3,200.00	3,200.00

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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