Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 4.00-7.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher except 900 lbs. heifers sold 2.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.77/cwt on 1,223 head.

Average price

$154.77

1,223 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$346

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

$3.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.61

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	496	157.59	781	143
Medium and Large 1	730	154.40	1,127	1,080

One grade step is worth $3.20/cwt here — about −$346 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 sale1,223 hd

154.77

—

NE average9 barns · 14,663 hd

157.38

−2.61

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

39 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 1Fancy	—	522	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	835	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	532	175.16/cwt	173.25–179.00	932	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	970	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,193	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,021	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,276	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,143	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	717	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	157.79/cwt	152.50–160.50	934	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	141.78/cwt	138.00–143.25	1,262	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	162.13/cwt	159.50–168.00	828	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	580	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	146.88/cwt	141.50–149.50	840	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	154.28/cwt	149.00–156.00	818	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	972	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,244	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	142.97/cwt	142.00–145.00	761	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	721	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	148.63/cwt	144.50–149.75	840	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	137.10/cwt	133.00–138.50	1,119	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	862	136.70/cwt	135.50–137.10	1,178	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	141.52/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,090	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,000	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	134.50/cwt	133.50–135.25	1,184	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	141.61/cwt	137.50–142.50	867	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,087	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	137.38/cwt	131.75–137.75	1,396	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	180.75/cwt	180.00–181.00	779	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	153.12/cwt	149.00–160.00	726	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	144.33/cwt	142.25–145.50	1,313	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	145.08/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,111	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	173.55/cwt	169.00–177.25	819	102

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 Oct 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,316Last week 1,819Year ago 3,399

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	522	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	970	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	433	165.50	165.50
27	—	673	144.50	144.50
29	—	935	133.00	133.00
31	—	532	142.00–145.00	142.97
76	—	565	144.50–149.75	148.63
106	—	816	133.00–138.50	137.10
121	—	880	133.50–135.25	134.50
35	—	612	137.50–142.50	141.61
45	—	732	148.50	148.50
115	—	474	149.00–160.00	153.12
206	—	766	143.00–146.50	145.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	862	135.50–137.10	136.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	160.00	160.00
5	—	722	131.00	131.00
6	—	445	151.00	151.00
6	—	579	136.00	136.00
8	—	355	151.00	151.00
17	—	660	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	532	173.25–179.00	175.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,021	125.00	125.00
9	—	879	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	592	152.50–160.50	157.79
174	—	890	138.00–143.25	141.78
122	—	511	159.50–168.00	162.13
13	—	770	140.00–144.00	141.52
28	—	633	158.00	158.00
176	—	1,016	131.75–137.75	137.38
8	—	673	151.00	151.00
75	—	431	180.00–181.00	180.75
168	—	910	142.25–145.50	144.33
102	—	472	169.00–177.25	173.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	341	170.00	170.00
39	—	572	141.50–149.50	146.88
34	—	530	149.00–156.00	154.28
43	—	424	170.00	170.00
6	—	633	137.00	137.00
10	—	475	156.00	156.00

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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