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Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 24

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

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Feeder Cattle receipts

3,670 head

▲ 1,097 vs last sale 2,573▲ 1,499 vs year ago 2,171 · +69.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

116 head

▼ 129 vs last sale 245▲ 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. The yearling feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd participating in the bidding and buying with an active internet also noticed throughout the day.

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 $426.23/cwt on 448 head, up $17.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −16.95 against this barn's trailing median of $443.17.

Average price

$426.23

▲ 17.01 vs prior sale

448 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$64.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.42

vs NE average

+49.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	428.38	2,303	433
Medium and Large 1-2	594	364.00	2,162	15thin

One grade step is worth $64.38/cwt here — about $141 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale448 hd

426.23

—

NE average9 barns · 2,498 hd

417.81

+8.42

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

+49.21

This barn, trailing median15 sales

443.17

−16.95

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

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.00, low $376.33, median $443.17 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	974	$3,875	16
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$3,756	79
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	997	$3,350	12

Every lot, as filed

52 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. 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,469	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	546.25/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,076	46
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	390	591.00/cwt	591.00–591.00	2,305	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,307	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	546.56/cwt	537.50–547.50	2,449	94
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	509.74/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,431	201
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,598	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	482.96/cwt	465.00–493.00	2,565	301
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	406.26/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,299	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	435.70/cwt	418.00–450.00	2,544	280
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	419.81/cwt	412.50–426.00	2,611	164
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	404.07/cwt	391.00–409.00	2,659	125
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	724	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,614	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	355.41/cwt	352.50–358.00	2,751	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,785	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	806	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,297	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,174	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	915	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,919	71
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	973	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,143	113
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,003	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,089	8
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2Fleshy	1,041	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,665	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,797	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	371	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,031	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	479.25/cwt	475.00–492.50	1,850	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	512.41/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,075	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,027	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,323	83
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	439.65/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,119	142
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,005	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	434.47/cwt	417.50–441.00	2,242	222
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,563	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	400.85/cwt	377.50–409.00	2,293	161
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,162	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,219	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,452	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	338.83/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,484	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,581	37
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,618	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	346.31/cwt	344.50–352.00	2,906	178
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,833	123
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	303.42/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,622	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	917	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,641	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,860	188
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	304.42/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,919	184
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	969	285.08/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,762	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,793	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,809	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	3,875.00/head	3,875.00–3,875.00	3,875	16
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	997	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	12
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	3,756.16/head	3,700.00–3,775.00	3,756	79

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 Oct 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,670Last week 2,573Year ago 2,171

Replacement CattleReceipts 116Last week 245Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,029	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	371	547.50	547.50
42	400–450	405	505.00–520.00	512.41
83	450–500	460	505.00	505.00
50	500–550	523	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	489	410.00	410.00
15	550–600	594	364.00	364.00
22	700–750	733	338.00–340.00	338.83
37	750–800	794	325.00	325.00
13	800–850	813	322.00	322.00
27	850–900	864	302.00–304.00	303.42
30	900–950	917	288.00	288.00
8	950–1000	980	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	515.00	515.00
25	350–400	386	475.00–492.50	479.25
17	350–400	354	1,875.00	1,875.00
5	400–450	436	465.00	465.00
142	450–500	482	422.50–450.00	439.65
222	500–550	516	417.50–441.00	434.47
161	550–600	572	377.50–409.00	400.85
178	800–850	839	344.50–352.00	346.31
123	850–900	856	331.00	331.00
188	900–950	947	302.00	302.00
184	950–1000	959	290.00–305.00	304.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	632	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	950–1000	969	285.00–286.00	285.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	465	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	806	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	480.00	480.00
34	550–600	566	402.50–415.00	406.26
53	750–800	774	352.50–358.00	355.41
19	800–850	805	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
164	600–650	622	412.50–426.00	419.81
125	650–700	658	391.00–409.00	404.07
25	700–750	724	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	390	591.00	591.00
13	400–450	403	572.50	572.50
25	500–550	512	507.50	507.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	380	540.00–555.00	546.25
94	400–450	448	537.50–547.50	546.56
201	450–500	477	495.00–515.00	509.74
301	500–550	531	465.00–493.00	482.96
280	550–600	584	418.00–450.00	435.70
120	850–900	889	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	900–950	915	319.00	319.00
113	950–1000	973	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,003	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,041	256.00	256.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	974	3,875.00	3,875.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	79	—	1,005	3,700.00–3,775.00	3,756.16
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	997	3,350.00	3,350.00

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.