Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2019-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except for heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.03/cwt on 1,427 head.

Average price

$170.03

1,427 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$22.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.42

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	170.34	896	1,407
Medium and Large 1-2	604	147.83	892	20

One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $4 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 sale1,427 hd

170.03

—

NE average11 barns · 19,582 hd

160.60

+9.42

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

37 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 1Full	—	491	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	432	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	652	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	141.94/cwt	141.00–142.75	1,307	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.59/cwt	146.00–149.00	696	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	144.67/cwt	141.50–146.00	826	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	146.09/cwt	145.00–147.00	641	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	820	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,144	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	341	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	559	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,336	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	161.90/cwt	161.00–169.00	636	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	162.71/cwt	160.00–164.00	693	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	361	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	632	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	506	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	734	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	386	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	591	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	174.97/cwt	174.25–175.75	903	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	508	158.71/cwt	155.00–161.00	806	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	186.23/cwt	186.00–186.50	605	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	161.49/cwt	158.50–163.50	932	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	993	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	483	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	751	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	444	189.13/cwt	188.00–189.50	840	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	405	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	701	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	182.74/cwt	181.00–184.00	702	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	182.14/cwt	180.00–183.25	805	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	340	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	670	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	758	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,076	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	343	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	667	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	364	174.06/cwt	172.00–177.00	634	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	584	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	888	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,128	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	154.64/cwt	150.00–158.00	786	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	869	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	825	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	165.87/cwt	161.00–171.75	871	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	157.91/cwt	156.50–159.50	1,058	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	895	5

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 Nov 2, 2019

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

Receipts 2,505Last week 4,320Year ago 0

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except for heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Demand was 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 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	491	140.00	140.00
14	—	432	151.00	151.00
8	—	820	139.50	139.50
13	—	341	164.00	164.00
10	—	506	145.00	145.00
29	—	386	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	921	141.00–142.75	141.94
90	—	475	146.00–149.00	146.59
134	—	571	141.50–146.00	144.67
15	—	961	139.00	139.00
41	—	393	161.00–169.00	161.90
124	—	426	160.00–164.00	162.71
33	—	771	146.25	146.25
98	—	508	150.00–158.00	154.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	439	145.00–147.00	146.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	545	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	361	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	612	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
323	—	516	174.25–175.75	174.97
125	—	444	188.00–189.50	189.13
32	—	343	194.50	194.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	508	155.00–161.00	158.71
23	—	405	173.00	173.00
15	—	364	172.00–177.00	174.06
54	—	584	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	325	186.00–186.50	186.23
211	—	577	158.50–163.50	161.49
14	—	384	181.00–184.00	182.74
102	—	442	180.00–183.25	182.14
19	—	474	174.00	174.00
243	—	525	161.00–171.75	165.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	619	160.50	160.50
182	—	670	156.50–159.50	157.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	483	155.50	155.50
6	—	758	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	340	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	141.00	141.00

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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