Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 400 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 higher except for 500-600 lbs steers selling mostly steady, heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.90/cwt on 864 head.

Average price

$160.90

864 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$16.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	161.91	904	810
Medium and Large 1-2	566	145.72	825	54

One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about $79 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 sale864 hd

160.90

—

NE average9 barns · 13,942 hd

154.80

+6.10

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

26 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	—	595	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	875	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	680	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	452	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	862	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	694	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	951	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	127.86/cwt	125.50–129.50	1,171	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	671	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	832	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	618	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	884	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	547	147.61/cwt	147.00–148.00	807	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	182.79/cwt	180.00–187.00	696	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	143.61/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,041	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	147.14/cwt	144.00–153.00	930	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	155.96/cwt	154.25–159.00	905	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	425	189.80/cwt	188.25–193.00	807	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	169.96/cwt	169.25–172.00	884	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	139.04/cwt	133.50–144.00	794	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	135.27/cwt	133.00–141.50	859	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.18/cwt	145.00–148.00	699	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.06/cwt	136.00–145.50	753	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	157.00/cwt	151.00–160.50	840	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	178.78/cwt	177.00–179.50	874	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	180.87/cwt	179.50–183.00	796	15

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 1,317Last week 1,832Year ago 2,505

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	147.00	147.00
11	—	680	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	916	125.50–129.50	127.86
18	—	397	169.00	169.00
27	—	571	133.50–144.00	139.04
29	—	635	133.00–141.50	135.27
56	—	478	145.00–148.00	146.18
132	—	530	136.00–145.50	142.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	618	143.00	143.00
39	—	547	147.00–148.00	147.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	452	190.75	190.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	694	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	159.00	159.00
5	—	483	162.00	162.00
5	—	635	141.00	141.00
39	—	584	140.00–145.00	142.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	381	180.00–187.00	182.79
37	—	725	135.00–145.00	143.61
155	—	632	144.00–153.00	147.14
229	—	580	154.25–159.00	155.96
65	—	535	151.00–160.50	157.00
66	—	489	177.00–179.50	178.78
6	—	773	135.00	135.00
15	—	440	179.50–183.00	180.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	425	188.25–193.00	189.80
133	—	520	169.25–172.00	169.96

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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