Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2019-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher except for 400-450 lbs heifers sold 10.00 lower. 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 $165.80/cwt on 1,416 head.

Average price

$165.80

1,416 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$48.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	426	173.15	738	73
Medium and Large 1	528	165.64	875	1,335
Medium and Large 2	418	125.00	523	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.15/cwt here — about $215 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 sale1,416 hd

165.80

—

NE average13 barns · 22,200 hd

158.64

+7.16

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

31 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 2	—	418	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	657	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	959	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	177.97/cwt	173.50–183.00	685	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	151.31/cwt	145.00–156.00	941	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,023	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	611	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	990	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	433	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	810	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	165.43/cwt	157.50–168.75	869	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	168.91/cwt	162.00–173.00	801	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	158.16/cwt	155.00–159.00	876	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	191.21/cwt	189.00–194.00	729	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	749	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	926	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	610	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	151.45/cwt	149.00–153.00	859	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	143.52/cwt	143.00–144.00	873	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	413	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	739	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	929	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,322	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	150.40/cwt	147.50–153.00	770	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	153.86/cwt	147.50–156.00	719	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	855	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	164.96/cwt	161.00–168.00	630	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	152.77/cwt	150.00–155.00	642	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	522	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	161.24/cwt	160.00–162.00	530	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	140.39/cwt	138.50–143.50	754	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	564	139.01/cwt	137.00–140.00	784	22

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 19, 2019

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

Receipts 2,965Last week 3,399Year ago 0

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher except for 400-450 lbs heifers sold 10.00 lower. 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	657	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	385	173.50–183.00	177.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	622	145.00–156.00	151.31
42	—	659	155.25	155.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	611	162.00	162.00
57	—	433	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
350	—	525	157.50–168.75	165.43
301	—	474	162.00–173.00	168.91
165	—	554	155.00–159.00	158.16
44	—	381	189.00–194.00	191.21
28	—	423	177.00	177.00
15	—	605	153.00	153.00
14	—	289	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	567	149.00–153.00	151.45
5	—	543	154.00	154.00
5	—	475	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	320	150.00	150.00
5	—	376	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	608	143.00–144.00	143.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	413	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	929	142.25	142.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	512	147.50–153.00	150.40
198	—	467	147.50–156.00	153.86
180	—	579	147.75	147.75
89	—	382	161.00–168.00	164.96
87	—	420	150.00–155.00	152.77
16	—	295	177.00	177.00
13	—	329	160.00–162.00	161.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	537	138.50–143.50	140.39
22	—	564	137.00–140.00	139.01

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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