Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, 550-700 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.37/cwt on 409 head.

Average price

$153.37

409 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$7.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	153.48	927	403
Medium and Large 1-2	548	146.00	800	6thin

One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $127 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 sale409 hd

153.37

—

NE average10 barns · 16,639 hd

156.29

−2.92

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

19 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	—	437	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	739	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	691	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	148.69/cwt	146.00–150.00	763	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	139.63/cwt	139.00–142.50	868	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	162.14/cwt	156.00–167.50	759	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	146.04/cwt	142.00–147.50	840	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	153.00/cwt	147.50–157.50	895	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	140.73/cwt	140.00–143.50	1,030	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	146.59/cwt	145.50–147.00	932	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	173.84/cwt	169.00–176.50	833	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,310	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	166.07/cwt	163.00–167.00	832	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	759	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	898	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	143.45/cwt	143.00–143.50	990	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	907	7

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	437	169.00	169.00
23	—	395	175.00	175.00
32	—	513	146.00–150.00	148.69
44	—	622	139.00–142.50	139.63
47	—	468	156.00–167.50	162.14
128	—	575	142.00–147.50	146.04
7	—	960	129.50	129.50
11	—	705	132.00	132.00
7	—	662	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	585	147.50–157.50	153.00
44	—	732	140.00–143.50	140.73
25	—	636	145.50–147.00	146.59
23	—	479	169.00–176.50	173.84
5	—	1,048	125.00	125.00
43	—	501	163.00–167.00	166.07
13	—	389	195.00	195.00
58	—	690	143.00–143.50	143.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	146.00	146.00

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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