Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 higher and heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher on the comparable offerings. 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 $176.77/cwt on 1,949 head.

Average price

$176.77

1,949 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$33.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	176.86	1,088	1,944
Medium and Large 1-2	720	143.00	1,030	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.86/cwt here — about $58 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 sale1,949 hd

176.77

—

NE average10 barns · 15,449 hd

158.60

+18.17

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

44 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 1Fleshy	—	567	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	851	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	167.40/cwt	164.50–168.50	725	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	168.11/cwt	160.00–171.00	642	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	157.31/cwt	154.50–161.00	903	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	493	175.33/cwt	174.00–175.50	864	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	166.38/cwt	164.50–167.50	785	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	147.41/cwt	146.00–152.00	932	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	518	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	875	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	564	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	818	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	644	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	918	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	144.96/cwt	143.00–148.50	993	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	162.69/cwt	160.50–165.00	843	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,062	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,043	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	706	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,031	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,034	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	167.72/cwt	164.00–170.50	1,030	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	153.13/cwt	151.00–157.75	1,098	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	181.95/cwt	179.25–184.25	1,059	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	548	197.75/cwt	197.75–197.75	1,084	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	394	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	808	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	940	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	146.85/cwt	146.85–146.85	1,175	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	165.70/cwt	165.25–166.00	1,104	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	169.10/cwt	166.00–171.00	971	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	160.59/cwt	160.10–161.50	1,145	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	487	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,028	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	720	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	427	208.88/cwt	208.00–211.00	892	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,011	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	734	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	448	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	191.38/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,028	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,128	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	201.23/cwt	200.00–201.50	873	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	419	184.93/cwt	183.00–186.00	775	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	950	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,188	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	620	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,094	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	645	170.10/cwt	170.10–170.10	1,097	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	658	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,119	31

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 Feb 15, 2020

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Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 higher and heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher on the comparable offerings. 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	567	150.00	150.00
10	—	690	135.50	135.50
9	—	522	153.00	153.00
17	—	644	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	433	164.50–168.50	167.40
96	—	382	160.00–171.00	168.11
288	—	574	154.50–161.00	157.31
6	—	853	127.00	127.00
94	—	472	164.50–167.50	166.38
230	—	632	146.00–152.00	147.41
83	—	685	143.00–148.50	144.96
119	—	518	160.50–165.00	162.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	493	174.00–175.50	175.33
13	—	518	169.00	169.00
6	—	448	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	564	145.00	145.00
10	—	734	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	553	192.00	192.00
93	—	504	207.00	207.00
128	—	713	160.10–161.50	160.59
42	—	487	211.00	211.00
48	—	620	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	706	146.00	146.00
29	—	667	155.00	155.00
19	—	574	166.00–171.00	169.10
25	—	419	183.00–186.00	184.93
6	—	950	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	614	164.00–170.50	167.72
133	—	717	151.00–157.75	153.13
170	—	582	179.25–184.25	181.95
145	—	800	146.85	146.85
121	—	666	165.25–166.00	165.70
5	—	386	196.00	196.00
150	—	537	186.00–195.00	191.38
125	—	786	143.50	143.50
43	—	434	200.00–201.50	201.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
297	—	548	197.75	197.75
91	—	645	170.10	170.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	394	205.00	205.00
9	—	463	203.00	203.00
44	—	427	208.00–211.00	208.88
12	—	503	201.00	201.00
31	—	658	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	143.00	143.00

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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