Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2019-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.87/cwt on 1,478 head.

Average price

$150.87

1,478 head · 813 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$2.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	150.91	1,230	1,457
Medium and Large 1-2	664	148.17	984	21

One grade step is worth $2.75/cwt here — about $246 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 sale1,478 hd

150.87

—

NE average4 barns · 3,018 hd

148.71

+2.16

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	146.45/cwt	142.50–146.75	1,267	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	557	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	978	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	147.18/cwt	145.75–153.75	1,147	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	781	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	166.20/cwt	165.50–167.00	1,055	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	143.75/cwt	140.75–145.00	1,330	418
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	759	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,233	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	167.64/cwt	165.00–169.00	880	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	149.34/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,244	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,075	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	166.55/cwt	165.50–167.00	1,101	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	137.47/cwt	136.25–139.00	1,331	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	157.21/cwt	155.50–159.50	976	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	169.34/cwt	169.00–169.50	945	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	144.89/cwt	144.50–145.25	1,027	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	169.82/cwt	168.50–171.00	900	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,053	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	894	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	151.27/cwt	147.25–153.25	1,010	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	716	146.63/cwt	140.00–147.25	1,050	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	138.91/cwt	134.50–140.75	1,140	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	803	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,164	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,018	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	609	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,233	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	561	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	889	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	173.12/cwt	172.00–175.00	769	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	156.71/cwt	153.50–158.50	1,122	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	10

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 3, 2019

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Receipts 3,136Last week 4,110Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	332	186.00	186.00
144	—	865	142.50–146.75	146.45
6	—	564	166.00	166.00
77	—	779	145.75–153.75	147.18
68	—	635	165.50–167.00	166.20
418	—	925	140.75–145.00	143.75
24	—	525	165.00–169.00	167.64
193	—	833	149.00–150.00	149.34
23	—	661	165.50–167.00	166.55
188	—	968	136.25–139.00	137.47
19	—	444	172.00–175.00	173.12
160	—	716	153.50–158.50	156.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	557	175.50	175.50
28	—	409	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	152.00	152.00
7	—	739	145.50	145.50
5	—	650	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	759	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	300	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	621	155.50–159.50	157.21
106	—	709	144.50–145.25	144.89
29	—	766	137.50	137.50
9	—	254	510.00	510.00
18	—	586	152.50	152.50
169	—	668	147.25–153.25	151.27
5	—	492	162.00	162.00
156	—	821	134.50–140.75	138.91
131	—	920	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	558	169.00–169.50	169.34
45	—	530	168.50–171.00	169.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	638	140.00	140.00
5	—	517	151.00	151.00
5	—	353	156.00	156.00
8	—	808	126.00	126.00
5	—	678	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	716	140.00–147.25	146.63
73	—	803	145.00	145.00
13	—	561	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	609	147.00	147.00

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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