Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 450-650 sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $168.76/cwt on 1,955 head.

Average price

$168.76

1,955 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$31.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	168.94	950	1,944
Medium and Large 1-2	624	137.70	859	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $91 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 sale1,955 hd

168.76

—

NE average10 barns · 13,205 hd

160.72

+8.04

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

36 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	—	372	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	711	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	778	130.21/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,013	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	888	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,137	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	718	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	994	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	568	136.28/cwt	135.50–137.00	774	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	419	202.26/cwt	200.00–203.00	847	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	621	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,026	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	885	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	607	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	939	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	179.56/cwt	178.50–181.50	905	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	392	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	725	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	416	174.28/cwt	173.00–176.00	725	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	452	167.30/cwt	166.00–168.00	756	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	669	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,065	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	458	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	886	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.19/cwt	144.00–155.50	794	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	183.52/cwt	177.00–189.00	872	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	174.42/cwt	166.00–177.00	933	418
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	163.79/cwt	159.00–170.75	950	419
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	657	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,062	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	191.84/cwt	186.00–196.00	838	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	204.34/cwt	200.00–208.00	756	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	151.41/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,019	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	155.63/cwt	149.50–158.50	962	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	145.83/cwt	144.25–147.00	843	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	135.82/cwt	134.00–139.00	861	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	662	141.55/cwt	140.00–143.50	937	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	589	152.13/cwt	152.00–153.00	896	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,157	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	165.71/cwt	163.00–170.00	719	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	153.32/cwt	149.00–161.00	745	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,168	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	141.58/cwt	139.00–144.00	740	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	137.70/cwt	137.00–138.50	859	11

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 3,502Last week 3,211Year ago 2,498

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 450-650 sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	372	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	778	130.00–130.50	130.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	568	135.50–137.00	136.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	560	158.00	158.00
60	—	607	154.75	154.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	392	185.00	185.00
41	—	416	173.00–176.00	174.28
74	—	452	166.00–168.00	167.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
427	—	525	144.00–155.50	151.19
165	—	578	144.25–147.00	145.83
233	—	634	134.00–139.00	135.82
17	—	897	129.00	129.00
35	—	434	163.00–170.00	165.71
109	—	486	149.00–161.00	153.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	523	139.00–144.00	141.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	888	128.00	128.00
13	—	718	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	640	145.00	145.00
35	—	662	140.00–143.50	141.55
37	—	589	152.00–153.00	152.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	419	200.00–203.00	202.26
73	—	504	178.50–181.50	179.56
20	—	669	159.25	159.25
35	—	458	193.50	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	621	165.25	165.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	475	177.00–189.00	183.52
418	—	535	166.00–177.00	174.42
419	—	580	159.00–170.75	163.79
7	—	325	202.00	202.00
81	—	703	151.00	151.00
34	—	437	186.00–196.00	191.84
43	—	370	200.00–208.00	204.34
96	—	673	147.00–155.00	151.41
209	—	618	149.50–158.50	155.63
9	—	859	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	624	137.00–138.50	137.70

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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