Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-11

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.10/cwt on 2,527 head.

Average price

$140.10

2,527 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$331

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

$13.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.36

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	448	152.97	685	31
Medium and Large 1	726	139.94	1,016	2,496

One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about −$331 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 sale2,527 hd

140.10

—

NE average5 barns · 7,173 hd

138.74

+1.36

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

34 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	—	775	136.09/cwt	130.00–138.35	1,055	447
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	168.03/cwt	166.00–170.00	785	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	148.85/cwt	146.00–153.50	942	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	807	133.35/cwt	133.35–133.35	1,076	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	129.18/cwt	122.50–133.00	1,114	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	707	144.10/cwt	144.10–144.10	1,019	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	140.17/cwt	137.00–141.00	882	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	161.16/cwt	155.50–165.00	859	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	604	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	920	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	954	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	158.51/cwt	157.00–162.50	930	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	144.71/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,171	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	155.80/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,052	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	145.88/cwt	143.50–150.25	1,136	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.71/cwt	165.00–174.00	826	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	150.25/cwt	147.50–153.75	1,110	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,026	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	163.61/cwt	161.00–165.00	885	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	132.13/cwt	127.50–137.25	1,225	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,086	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	189.25/cwt	189.25–189.25	795	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	136.84/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,188	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	146.69/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,015	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	154.96/cwt	152.50–160.50	973	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	617	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,009	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	150.12/cwt	150.00–151.00	850	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	692	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	131.78/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,096	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	139.15/cwt	137.50–139.35	955	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	700	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	992	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	135.35/cwt	130.00–137.00	977	199

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 Jul 11, 2020

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

Receipts 4,193Last week 0Year ago 4,110

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
447	—	775	130.00–138.35	136.09
10	—	467	166.00–170.00	168.03
335	—	633	146.00–153.50	148.85
9	—	414	170.00	170.00
242	—	862	122.50–133.00	129.18
210	—	533	155.50–165.00	161.16
99	—	566	150.00–151.00	150.12
480	—	832	130.00–135.00	131.78
184	—	686	137.50–139.35	139.15
199	—	722	130.00–137.00	135.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	411	158.00	158.00
26	—	455	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	807	133.35	133.35
71	—	707	144.10	144.10
41	—	604	152.25	152.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	629	137.00–141.00	140.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	700	141.75	141.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	563	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	587	157.00–162.50	158.51
267	—	809	139.00–148.00	144.71
70	—	675	154.00–157.00	155.80
250	—	779	143.50–150.25	145.88
42	—	478	165.00–174.00	172.71
250	—	739	147.50–153.75	150.25
29	—	541	161.00–165.00	163.61
181	—	927	127.50–137.25	132.13
8	—	420	189.25	189.25
153	—	868	136.00–138.00	136.84
97	—	628	152.50–160.50	154.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	730	140.50	140.50
8	—	829	131.00	131.00
7	—	521	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	692	145.00–148.00	146.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	163.50	163.50

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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