Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $162.32/cwt on 900 head.

Average price

$162.32

900 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$22.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.46

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	163.02	883	872
Medium and Large 1-2	588	140.32	826	28

One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about $57 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 sale900 hd

162.32

—

NE average10 barns · 15,867 hd

154.85

+7.46

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

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	925	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	978	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	498	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	898	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	911	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,178	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	126.70/cwt	122.00–129.50	1,157	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	678	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	192.59/cwt	192.00–193.00	628	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	141.22/cwt	141.00–141.25	808	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	771	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	171.58/cwt	169.50–174.00	820	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	152.84/cwt	149.00–157.00	715	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.18/cwt	138.50–145.00	752	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	605	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.99/cwt	141.50–143.00	816	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,117	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	159.99/cwt	159.50–161.50	814	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	619	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	932	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,187	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,107	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	156.37/cwt	147.50–157.50	879	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	811	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	894	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	686	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	134.10/cwt	133.00–135.00	953	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	175.17/cwt	166.00–177.50	764	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	411	181.89/cwt	180.50–183.00	748	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	524	170.50/cwt	170.00–171.50	893	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	141.86/cwt	141.00–143.50	870	47

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,832Last week 781Year ago 4,320

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	552	167.50	167.50
85	—	619	158.00	158.00
97	—	498	180.25	180.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	665	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	355	191.00	191.00
12	—	326	192.00–193.00	192.59
94	—	478	169.50–174.00	171.58
29	—	509	159.50–161.50	159.99
242	—	562	147.50–157.50	156.37
34	—	711	133.00–135.00	134.10
35	—	436	166.00–177.50	175.17
47	—	613	141.00–143.50	141.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	154.00	154.00
7	—	706	125.00	125.00
15	—	575	141.50–143.00	141.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	619	150.50	150.50
39	—	411	180.50–183.00	181.89
66	—	524	170.00–171.50	170.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	650	128.50	128.50
7	—	954	123.50	123.50
224	—	913	122.00–129.50	126.70
98	—	572	141.00–141.25	141.22
102	—	468	149.00–157.00	152.84
186	—	525	138.50–145.00	143.18
68	—	815	137.00	137.00
8	—	1,041	114.00	114.00
20	—	382	170.00	170.00
22	—	858	129.00	129.00
33	—	617	131.50	131.50
36	—	715	125.00	125.00
26	—	416	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	622	124.00	124.00
11	—	383	158.00	158.00

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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