Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a month a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.61/cwt on 1,527 head.

Average price

$128.61

1,527 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$200

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

$6.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

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	568	134.96	766	38
Medium and Large 1	752	128.45	966	1,489

One grade step is worth $6.51/cwt here — about −$200 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 sale1,527 hd

128.61

—

NE average5 barns · 2,648 hd

128.61

−0.00

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

45 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 1Full	—	377	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	461	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	779	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	156.50/cwt	155.00–159.00	568	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	107.22/cwt	106.00–110.00	971	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	145.57/cwt	142.00–148.75	745	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	958	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	836	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	18,688	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,327	1,263.19/cwt	1,175.00–1,350.00	16,763	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,098	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,010	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	984	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,092	33
Steers	Large 1	—	1,141	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	165.91/cwt	158.00–168.50	947	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,191	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	998	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,329	1,116.81/cwt	1,085.00–1,135.00	14,842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	404	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	751	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	779	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	692	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	941	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	127.82/cwt	127.50–129.00	870	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	149.35/cwt	149.00–150.00	614	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,053	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	120.14/cwt	117.25–124.10	1,049	656
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	142.70/cwt	139.00–145.25	822	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	968	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.10/cwt	115.50–122.00	977	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.92/cwt	152.00–157.50	725	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	175.01/cwt	172.00–178.00	837	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	162.44/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,004	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	718	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	151.73/cwt	151.00–153.00	854	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	159.05/cwt	156.00–161.00	744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	765	12

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 Jun 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,372Last week 0Year ago 4,287

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in a month a trend is not applicable. 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	377	180.00	180.00
14	—	461	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	510	164.00	164.00
15	—	841	130.50	130.50
28	—	771	131.00	131.00
29	—	658	149.50	149.50
33	—	870	125.50	125.50
7	—	367	188.00	188.00
78	—	571	158.00–168.50	165.91
115	—	1,063	112.00	112.00
5	—	302	675.00	675.00
12	—	259	625.00	625.00
11	—	700	142.50	142.50
58	—	478	172.00–178.00	175.01
46	—	618	161.00–163.00	162.44
12	—	430	178.00	178.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	404	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	916	115.00	115.00
54	—	563	151.00–153.00	151.73
23	—	468	156.00–161.00	159.05
6	—	617	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	544	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	406	157.00	157.00
14	—	363	155.00–159.00	156.50
18	—	640	135.00	135.00
26	—	906	106.00–110.00	107.22
36	—	512	142.00–148.75	145.57
48	—	737	130.00	130.00
64	—	681	127.50–129.00	127.82
7	—	260	450.00	450.00
656	—	873	117.25–124.10	120.14
227	—	576	139.00–145.25	142.70
137	—	787	123.00	123.00
127	—	820	115.50–122.00	119.10
90	—	468	152.00–157.50	154.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	475	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	692	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	453	147.50	147.50
6	—	1,038	90.00	90.00
6	—	720	120.00	120.00
18	—	411	149.00–150.00	149.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,168	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,327	1,175.00–1,350.00	1,263.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,329	1,085.00–1,135.00	1,116.81

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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