Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 5.00-7.00 higher. 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 $165.65/cwt on 1,069 head.

Average price

$165.65

1,069 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$20.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	167.29	931	983
Medium and Large 1-2	575	146.90	845	86

One grade step is worth $20.39/cwt here — about $86 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 sale1,069 hd

165.65

—

NE average11 barns · 15,866 hd

165.65

+0.00

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

31 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	—	404	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	711	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	984	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,250	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	369	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	675	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	764	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	164.85/cwt	163.00–169.00	621	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	145.31/cwt	144.00–145.75	834	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	184.30/cwt	184.00–185.00	763	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	135.22/cwt	134.00–136.00	890	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	165.85/cwt	160.00–168.25	879	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	147.41/cwt	141.00–150.25	1,047	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	178.69/cwt	174.00–182.00	859	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	147.36/cwt	144.50–150.50	777	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	122.18/cwt	122.00–122.50	1,251	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	509	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	797	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	162.05/cwt	159.00–165.50	937	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	162.03/cwt	160.00–165.00	715	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	753	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	778	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	304	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,211	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	154.36/cwt	154.00–155.00	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	155.56/cwt	154.00–156.00	725	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	141.10/cwt	138.50–146.00	876	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	156.58/cwt	153.50–157.50	975	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	186.50/cwt	184.00–189.75	886	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.43/cwt	137.00–139.50	934	12

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 Nov 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,751Last week 1,317Year ago 3,457

Compared to last week steers over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	404	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	377	163.00–169.00	164.85
47	—	574	144.00–145.75	145.31
31	—	658	134.00–136.00	135.22
143	—	527	144.50–150.50	147.36
32	—	1,024	122.00–122.50	122.18
118	—	441	160.00–165.00	162.03
80	—	466	154.00–156.00	155.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	509	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	149.00	149.00
6	—	560	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	984	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	369	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	414	184.00–185.00	184.30
11	—	650	145.00	145.00
159	—	530	160.00–168.25	165.85
94	—	710	141.00–150.25	147.41
137	—	481	174.00–182.00	178.69
289	—	578	159.00–165.50	162.05
15	—	392	192.00	192.00
28	—	825	146.75	146.75
64	—	623	153.50–157.50	156.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	405	192.00	192.00
127	—	475	184.00–189.75	186.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	304	179.00	179.00
19	—	520	154.00–155.00	154.36
44	—	621	138.50–146.00	141.10
6	—	441	156.00	156.00
12	—	675	137.00–139.50	138.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	181.00	181.00
13	—	595	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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