Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2019-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend will not be given. 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 $146.78/cwt on 1,414 head.

Average price

$146.78

1,414 head · 839 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.35

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	839	146.78	1,231	1,414

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

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,414 hd

146.78

—

NE average6 barns · 7,463 hd

145.43

+1.35

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

28 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	—	438	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	683	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	147.62/cwt	142.50–149.50	980	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	152.92/cwt	152.50–154.00	898	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	132.54/cwt	128.00–134.50	1,186	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	999	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	136.31/cwt	132.00–137.10	1,138	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,219	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	139.06/cwt	136.00–140.25	1,064	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	152.57/cwt	146.00–155.50	941	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	318	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	953	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,204	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	361	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	545	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	155.08/cwt	154.25–156.50	1,093	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	142.28/cwt	138.00–142.85	1,268	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	159.64/cwt	157.50–161.00	1,012	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	146.93/cwt	145.25–147.75	1,190	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	148.49/cwt	145.25–154.25	1,164	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	289	515.07/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,489	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	571	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,014	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	176.65/cwt	173.00–183.00	758	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	136.62/cwt	135.35–137.25	1,335	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	133.60/cwt	133.60–133.60	1,367	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	140.39/cwt	136.00–142.10	1,306	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	165.11/cwt	159.00–168.00	949	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	159.08/cwt	150.00–161.25	1,091	189

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 2,497Last week 3,136Year ago 0

First reported sale in three weeks a trend will not be given. 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	438	156.00	156.00
88	—	664	142.50–149.50	147.62
8	—	522	155.00	155.00
31	—	587	152.50–154.00	152.92
174	—	895	128.00–134.50	132.54
30	—	700	142.75	142.75
162	—	835	132.00–137.10	136.31
16	—	975	125.00	125.00
139	—	765	136.00–140.25	139.06
48	—	617	146.00–155.50	152.57
45	—	941	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	318	500.00	500.00
14	—	361	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	584	163.25	163.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	705	154.25–156.50	155.08
104	—	891	138.00–142.85	142.28
21	—	634	157.50–161.00	159.64
103	—	810	145.25–147.75	146.93
5	—	534	166.00	166.00
92	—	784	145.25–154.25	148.49
69	—	429	173.00–183.00	176.65
367	—	977	135.35–137.25	136.62
58	—	1,023	133.60	133.60
304	—	930	136.00–142.10	140.39
44	—	575	159.00–168.00	165.11
189	—	686	150.00–161.25	159.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	289	500.00–525.00	515.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	571	177.50	177.50

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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