Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 6.00-9.00 lower and heifers over 500 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate from the buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.51/cwt on 780 head.

Average price

$135.51

780 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$206

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

$12.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

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	147.94	722	20
Medium and Large 1	686	135.19	928	760

One grade step is worth $12.76/cwt here — about −$206 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 sale780 hd

135.51

—

NE average8 barns · 9,006 hd

134.31

+1.21

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

25 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	—	773	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	873	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.10/cwt	132.00–137.00	628	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	562	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	910	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	873	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	139.01/cwt	136.00–142.00	744	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	125.40/cwt	124.00–130.50	840	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	543	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	869	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	848	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	845	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	477	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	720	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	550	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	147.98/cwt	146.00–154.00	849	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	150.80/cwt	150.00–151.50	946	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	153.41/cwt	152.00–155.00	723	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	122.39/cwt	119.50–124.00	960	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	117.57/cwt	112.50–119.25	943	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	159.04/cwt	154.50–162.00	687	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	158.74/cwt	158.50–161.00	835	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	130.65/cwt	125.00–133.50	924	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	773	14

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 Apr 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,500Last week 3,675Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 6.00-9.00 lower and heifers over 500 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate from the buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	773	113.00	113.00
40	—	465	132.00–137.00	135.10
17	—	820	106.50	106.50
37	—	535	136.00–142.00	139.01
66	—	670	124.00–130.50	125.40
9	—	914	103.50	103.50
24	—	633	134.00	134.00
43	—	709	119.25	119.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	562	162.00	162.00
70	—	543	160.00	160.00
47	—	477	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	142.50	142.50
13	—	379	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	862	113.00	113.00
41	—	574	146.00–154.00	147.98
148	—	627	150.00–151.50	150.80
6	—	659	135.00	135.00
37	—	471	152.00–155.00	153.41
122	—	784	119.50–124.00	122.39
166	—	802	112.50–119.25	117.57
18	—	432	154.50–162.00	159.04
61	—	526	158.50–161.00	158.74
152	—	707	125.00–133.50	130.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	156.00	156.00
14	—	535	144.00–145.00	144.49

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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