Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500-600 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and steers 700-800 lbs sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 500-650 lbs sold steady. 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 $170.61/cwt on 1,643 head.

Average price

$170.61

1,643 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$237

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

$3.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.15

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	488	173.60	847	25
Medium and Large 1	636	170.57	1,084	1,618

One grade step is worth $3.03/cwt here — about −$237 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 sale1,643 hd

170.61

—

NE average9 barns · 18,972 hd

167.46

+3.15

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

36 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 1Fancy	—	481	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	988	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	192.43/cwt	189.00–193.75	1,070	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	727	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	966	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	189.01/cwt	185.00–198.00	616	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	183.96/cwt	183.00–185.00	697	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	141.27/cwt	141.00–141.75	1,007	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	164.07/cwt	163.50–165.00	801	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	153.71/cwt	140.50–157.50	859	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	145.66/cwt	143.50–146.50	891	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	203.89/cwt	201.00–207.00	783	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	167.81/cwt	160.50–170.50	1,054	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	193.99/cwt	190.50–200.00	939	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	154.37/cwt	151.00–156.50	1,039	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	174.83/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,012	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,203	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	146.12/cwt	145.00–147.75	1,271	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	154.06/cwt	150.75–159.00	1,114	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	209.66/cwt	208.00–212.00	667	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	192.11/cwt	188.00–195.00	818	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	177.67/cwt	166.00–184.00	752	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	160.68/cwt	152.00–164.00	850	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	138.49/cwt	136.75–139.50	1,122	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	146.63/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,022	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	638	154.28/cwt	154.00–155.00	984	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	193.82/cwt	193.75–194.00	1,008	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	574	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,053	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	155.76/cwt	152.50–164.00	826	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	178.61/cwt	175.50–180.00	768	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	925	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	732	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,039	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	159.79/cwt	156.50–162.00	983	84

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 Jan 18, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	481	205.50	205.50
140	—	556	189.00–193.75	192.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	727	144.50	144.50
10	—	591	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	384	201.00–207.00	203.89
78	—	628	160.50–170.50	167.81
83	—	484	190.50–200.00	193.99
110	—	673	151.00–156.50	154.37
12	—	750	151.50	151.50
118	—	579	169.00–179.00	174.83
131	—	814	147.75	147.75
171	—	870	145.00–147.75	146.12
292	—	723	150.75–159.00	154.06
20	—	318	208.00–212.00	209.66
44	—	426	188.00–195.00	192.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	589	160.00	160.00
17	—	440	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	520	193.75–194.00	193.82
81	—	574	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	477	194.00	194.00
13	—	364	201.00	201.00
45	—	526	197.50	197.50
84	—	615	156.50–162.00	159.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	326	185.00–198.00	189.01
32	—	379	183.00–185.00	183.96
55	—	713	141.00–141.75	141.27
77	—	488	163.50–165.00	164.07
104	—	559	140.50–157.50	153.71
105	—	612	143.50–146.50	145.66
142	—	423	166.00–184.00	177.67
148	—	529	152.00–164.00	160.68
167	—	810	136.75–139.50	138.49
313	—	697	140.00–148.00	146.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	638	154.00–155.00	154.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	530	152.50–164.00	155.76
29	—	430	175.50–180.00	178.61

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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