Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2019-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-15

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 crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.73/cwt on 2,158 head.

Average price

$132.73

2,158 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$276

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	134.35	692	34
Medium and Large 1	730	132.70	968	2,124

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about −$276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,158 hd

132.73

—

NE average5 barns · 3,713 hd

138.73

−6.00

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

38 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	—	466	160.51/cwt	159.00–162.00	748	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	128.53/cwt	124.50–128.60	978	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	628	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	185.15/cwt	178.50–187.50	896	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	132.94/cwt	132.25–134.00	1,204	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	996	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	135.06/cwt	132.00–141.75	894	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	132.04/cwt	129.50–134.60	953	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,055	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	151.51/cwt	148.50–154.00	948	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	167.95/cwt	165.00–172.00	726	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	120.48/cwt	120.00–120.60	1,030	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	391	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	602	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,012	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	168.62/cwt	165.00–170.00	855	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	841	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	617	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	140.77/cwt	140.00–143.00	884	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	395	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	693	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	957	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	138.99/cwt	136.25–140.50	1,142	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,095	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	143.83/cwt	140.00–147.00	839	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	209	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	961	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	182.42/cwt	181.50–184.00	775	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	522	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	914	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	166.61/cwt	166.00–168.00	743	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	149.41/cwt	146.50–152.00	778	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	125.00/cwt	124.35–126.50	1,031	810
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	137.48/cwt	135.50–138.00	1,094	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	138.86/cwt	137.60–140.10	1,205	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	911	16

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 Jun 15, 2019

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

Receipts 4,287Last week 0Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	466	159.00–162.00	160.51
287	—	761	124.50–128.60	128.53
82	—	662	132.00–141.75	135.06
234	—	722	129.50–134.60	132.04
39	—	432	165.00–172.00	167.95
168	—	855	120.00–120.60	120.48
21	—	374	165.00	165.00
150	—	628	140.00–143.00	140.77
8	—	916	119.50	119.50
93	—	583	140.00–147.00	143.83
13	—	209	460.00	460.00
88	—	521	146.50–152.00	149.41
810	—	825	124.35–126.50	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	450	139.50	139.50
14	—	608	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	395	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	820	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	484	178.50–187.50	185.15
233	—	906	132.25–134.00	132.94
23	—	709	148.75	148.75
146	—	626	148.50–154.00	151.51
21	—	679	149.00	149.00
104	—	507	165.00–170.00	168.62
11	—	580	165.00	165.00
103	—	822	136.25–140.50	138.99
8	—	346	195.00	195.00
87	—	425	181.50–184.00	182.42
6	—	381	185.00	185.00
81	—	796	135.50–138.00	137.48
334	—	868	137.60–140.10	138.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	763	130.50	130.50
6	—	953	114.00	114.00
5	—	541	155.50	155.50
26	—	446	166.00–168.00	166.61
16	—	582	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	522	175.00	175.00

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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