Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three 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 $144.27/cwt on 1,553 head.

Average price

$144.27

1,553 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	144.46	1,083	1,532
Medium and Large 1-2	800	130.21	1,042	21

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $42 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 sale1,553 hd

144.27

—

NE average7 barns · 7,937 hd

142.71

+1.56

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

41 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	155.35/cwt	153.00–157.00	875	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,077	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	145.58/cwt	145.00–146.00	904	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	145.37/cwt	144.50–147.00	1,135	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	130.21/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,042	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	707	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	134.01/cwt	133.00–134.50	1,230	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,172	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	138.28/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,142	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	682	145.99/cwt	144.50–146.50	996	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	129.19/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,257	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	506	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	808	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,180	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	850	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	160.97/cwt	160.00–162.00	998	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	559	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	945	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,009	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	154.58/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,128	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,345	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	797	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	850	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	141.43/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,250	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	128.86/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,206	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,273	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,161	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	135.15/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,322	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	908	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,200	112
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	9,688	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	22,061	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,690	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	150.25/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,047	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	718	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	962	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	5

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 Sep 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,755Last week 2,639Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in three 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 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	563	153.00–157.00	155.35
6	—	506	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	703	146.00	146.00
89	—	621	145.00–146.00	145.58
24	—	505	150.00	150.00
349	—	781	144.50–147.00	145.37
16	—	462	153.00	153.00
197	—	918	133.00–134.50	134.01
15	—	895	131.00	131.00
181	—	826	137.00–143.50	138.28
27	—	973	128.00–132.00	129.19
26	—	586	145.00	145.00
412	—	697	150.00–151.00	150.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	800	130.00–130.50	130.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	544	137.00	137.00
6	—	665	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	682	144.50–146.50	145.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	808	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	686	157.00	157.00
66	—	620	160.00–162.00	160.97
55	—	730	151.00–157.00	154.58
206	—	1,002	134.25	134.25
31	—	503	169.00	169.00
175	—	884	140.00–144.00	141.43
130	—	908	140.25	140.25
16	—	418	173.00	173.00
123	—	978	135.00–137.00	135.15
6	—	564	161.00	161.00
112	—	811	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	559	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	683	147.75	147.75
15	—	498	160.00	160.00
14	—	936	126.00–134.00	128.86
10	—	860	135.00	135.00
5	—	583	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	718	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	914	1,060.00	1,060.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,337	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	969	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	986	875.00	875.00

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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