Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 850 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher and heifers sold firm to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to active from the buyers in the crowd on a light to heavy supply. Next Auction: August 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.91/cwt on 1,048 head.

Average price

$141.91

1,048 head · 927 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$636

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

$30.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.20

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	397	172.00	683	7thin
Medium and Large 1	931	141.71	1,319	1,041

One grade step is worth $30.29/cwt here — about −$636 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 sale1,048 hd

141.91

—

NE average5 barns · 4,837 hd

145.11

−3.20

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

21 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	707	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	162.27/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,006	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	152.93/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,080	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,041	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	165.71/cwt	165.00–166.00	979	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	683	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,236	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	136.94/cwt	134.00–138.75	1,361	539
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	867	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,274	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	143.26/cwt	138.50–144.35	1,334	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	875	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	743	145.22/cwt	143.75–146.00	1,079	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	147.59/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,007	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	990	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,213	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	134.01/cwt	133.50–136.50	1,175	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	703	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	153.83/cwt	153.00–155.50	943	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,039	16

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 Aug 15, 2020

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

Receipts 1,478Last week 2,144Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	830	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	620	161.00–164.00	162.27
26	—	706	152.00–154.00	152.93
21	—	663	157.00	157.00
21	—	591	165.00–166.00	165.71
15	—	883	140.00	140.00
539	—	994	134.00–138.75	136.94
317	—	931	138.50–144.35	143.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	397	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	867	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	568	154.00	154.00
9	—	932	133.00	133.00
9	—	707	144.50	144.50
65	—	682	146.00–148.00	147.59
53	—	877	133.50–136.50	134.01
31	—	613	153.00–155.50	153.83
16	—	753	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	743	143.75–146.00	145.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	990	122.50	122.50
7	—	703	135.00	135.00

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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