Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400-750 sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-650 sold steady to 5.00 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 $162.93/cwt on 3,303 head.

Average price

$162.93

3,303 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$3.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	162.96	1,077	3,275
Medium and Large 1-2	479	159.00	762	28

One grade step is worth $3.96/cwt here — about $316 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 sale3,303 hd

162.93

—

NE average5 barns · 9,431 hd

160.71

+2.22

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

42 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 1	—	629	159.90/cwt	155.00–161.75	1,006	521
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	175.61/cwt	170.00–181.00	924	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.99/cwt	152.00–159.00	752	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,177	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	166.47/cwt	165.50–171.00	727	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	360	179.00/cwt	176.00–180.00	644	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	769	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,054	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	173.36/cwt	170.50–174.75	971	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	460	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	902	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	153.95/cwt	152.00–155.50	879	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	194.32/cwt	192.00–198.00	810	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	460	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	775	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	772	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,235	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	701	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,108	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	881	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,322	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	819	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,169	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	893	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	848	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,300	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	729	160.41/cwt	160.00–160.50	1,169	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	916	150.10/cwt	150.10–150.10	1,375	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	160.62/cwt	160.00–162.00	851	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,323	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	153.18/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,101	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	186.41/cwt	180.00–190.50	910	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	154.29/cwt	150.50–158.00	816	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	144.65/cwt	140.50–150.00	891	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	165.61/cwt	162.00–168.00	956	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	158.83/cwt	152.50–160.75	1,055	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	672	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,005	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	536	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	898	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	955	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,104	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	143.99/cwt	143.75–145.00	1,343	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	947	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	655	135.02/cwt	130.50–139.00	884	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	629	136.70/cwt	136.00–137.00	860	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	521	146.34/cwt	145.00–147.00	762	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	624	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	952	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	596	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	909	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	680	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	762	28

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 28, 2020

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

Receipts 4,813Last week 3,502Year ago 3,839

Compared to last week steers 400-750 sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-650 sold steady to 5.00 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
521	—	629	155.00–161.75	159.90
169	—	526	170.00–181.00	175.61
34	—	417	192.00–198.00	194.32
11	—	897	147.50	147.50
108	—	719	146.00–156.00	153.18
163	—	488	180.00–190.50	186.41
398	—	577	162.00–168.00	165.61
399	—	664	152.50–160.75	158.83
5	—	340	206.00	206.00
79	—	933	143.75–145.00	143.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
350	—	560	170.50–174.75	173.36
21	—	460	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
362	—	772	160.00	160.00
139	—	701	158.00	158.00
128	—	881	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	848	153.25	153.25
91	—	729	160.00–160.50	160.41
60	—	916	150.10	150.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	672	149.50	149.50
14	—	536	167.50	167.50
21	—	624	152.50	152.50
26	—	596	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	479	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	479	152.00–159.00	156.99
66	—	878	134.00	134.00
41	—	437	165.50–171.00	166.47
262	—	571	152.00–155.50	153.95
152	—	529	150.50–158.00	154.29
174	—	616	140.50–150.00	144.65
15	—	732	130.50	130.50
15	—	815	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	360	176.00–180.00	179.00
13	—	769	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	460	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	819	142.75	142.75
16	—	558	160.00	160.00
248	—	530	160.00–162.00	160.62
90	—	609	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	655	130.50–139.00	135.02
16	—	629	136.00–137.00	136.70
19	—	521	145.00–147.00	146.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	446	152.50	152.50

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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