Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $148.65/cwt on 2,278 head.

Average price

$148.65

2,278 head · 696 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

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

$20.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

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	442	166.09	734	13thin
Medium and Large 1	697	148.56	1,036	2,259
Large 1	629	146.00	918	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.09/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale2,278 hd

148.65

—

NE average5 barns · 5,144 hd

144.42

+4.23

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	155.80/cwt	155.00–157.00	668	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	139.72/cwt	135.50–143.00	882	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	124.26/cwt	123.50–125.00	974	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	583	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	915	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	621	149.25/cwt	148.00–152.00	927	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	821	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	125.46/cwt	121.50–126.50	921	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	155.96/cwt	152.50–159.00	753	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	151.77/cwt	146.50–154.50	859	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	138.43/cwt	135.00–144.00	933	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	704	136.99/cwt	136.00–137.10	964	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	861	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	136.88/cwt	135.00–140.00	786	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.92/cwt	154.50–156.00	810	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	118.41/cwt	115.00–121.00	978	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,053	142
Steers	Large 1	—	629	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	1,104	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.39/cwt	175.00–180.00	851	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	164.72/cwt	159.00–169.75	936	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	148.12/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,012	430
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	166.09/cwt	163.00–168.00	734	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	183.19/cwt	179.00–187.00	716	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	133.61/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,096	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	127.25/cwt	123.50–128.50	1,121	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	141.19/cwt	136.50–143.25	1,089	373
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	662	158.74/cwt	156.00–159.50	1,051	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	117.61/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,123	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	166.12/cwt	159.50–171.00	880	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	157.70/cwt	152.50–163.50	976	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	143.42/cwt	138.50–145.50	1,031	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	173.66/cwt	173.50–174.00	969	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	668	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	949	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	787	18

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 May 16, 2020

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

Receipts 3,975Last week 0Year ago 2,482

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. 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$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	429	155.00–157.00	155.80
115	—	631	135.50–143.00	139.72
134	—	784	123.50–125.00	124.26
28	—	734	121.50–126.50	125.46
92	—	483	152.50–159.00	155.96
119	—	566	146.50–154.50	151.77
143	—	674	135.00–144.00	138.43
11	—	336	177.00	177.00
45	—	523	154.50–156.00	154.92
115	—	826	115.00–121.00	118.41
142	—	900	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	583	157.00	157.00
56	—	668	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	621	148.00–152.00	149.25
183	—	704	136.00–137.10	136.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	617	133.00	133.00
10	—	660	130.50	130.50
30	—	574	135.00–140.00	136.88
5	—	488	147.00	147.00
18	—	543	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	907	121.75	121.75
118	—	480	175.00–180.00	177.39
268	—	568	159.00–169.75	164.72
430	—	683	145.00–151.00	148.12
38	—	391	179.00–187.00	183.19
111	—	820	128.00–137.00	133.61
230	—	881	123.50–128.50	127.25
373	—	771	136.50–143.25	141.19
24	—	955	113.00–119.50	117.61
74	—	530	159.50–171.00	166.12
128	—	619	152.50–163.50	157.70
277	—	719	138.50–145.50	143.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	442	163.00–168.00	166.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	662	156.00–159.50	158.74
25	—	558	173.50–174.00	173.66

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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