Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $173.33/cwt on 1,431 head.

Average price

$173.33

1,431 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$33.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.40

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	174.70	944	1,372
Medium and Large 1-2	659	141.55	933	59

One grade step is worth $33.15/cwt here — about $11 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 sale1,431 hd

173.33

—

NE average8 barns · 13,089 hd

167.94

+5.40

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

41 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	—	616	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	946	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	518	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	855	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	597	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	979	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	621	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	424	154.94/cwt	154.00–156.00	657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	135.69/cwt	131.75–136.25	1,129	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	182.35/cwt	180.50–184.00	934	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	162.18/cwt	160.00–163.00	817	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	677	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	196.32/cwt	189.50–199.00	903	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	173.24/cwt	167.00–177.75	925	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	145.13/cwt	144.00–148.50	1,032	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	139.66/cwt	137.00–141.00	867	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	171.76/cwt	170.00–176.00	751	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	193.66/cwt	193.00–197.00	846	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	153.90/cwt	150.00–156.00	802	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	179.67/cwt	178.50–180.00	735	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	377	187.12/cwt	182.00–191.00	705	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	367	186.29/cwt	185.00–187.00	684	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	990	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	657	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	175.20/cwt	173.00–176.00	576	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	164.35/cwt	160.50–165.00	953	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	161.13/cwt	157.00–165.00	759	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	143.55/cwt	139.50–144.50	817	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	377	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	788	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	480	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	856	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	199.32/cwt	196.00–201.00	730	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	160.50/cwt	153.00–163.75	997	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	139.17/cwt	136.00–140.00	870	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,028	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	943	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	659	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	942	9

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 Dec 5, 2020

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

Receipts 2,891Last week 4,813Year ago 5,091

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	616	153.50	153.50
43	—	518	165.00	165.00
65	—	597	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	145.00	145.00
8	—	621	134.00	134.00
12	—	424	154.00–156.00	154.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	832	131.75–136.25	135.69
21	—	374	181.00	181.00
72	—	621	137.00–141.00	139.66
274	—	437	170.00–176.00	171.76
230	—	521	150.00–156.00	153.90
5	—	746	134.00	134.00
38	—	329	173.00–176.00	175.20
65	—	471	157.00–165.00	161.13
49	—	569	139.50–144.50	143.55
35	—	655	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	504	160.00–163.00	162.18
29	—	409	178.50–180.00	179.67
40	—	367	185.00–187.00	186.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	696	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	512	180.50–184.00	182.35
37	—	377	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	460	189.50–199.00	196.32
230	—	534	167.00–177.75	173.24
29	—	437	193.00–197.00	193.66
10	—	335	196.00	196.00
155	—	580	160.50–165.00	164.35
68	—	366	196.00–201.00	199.32
213	—	621	153.00–163.75	160.50
34	—	663	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	711	144.00–148.50	145.13
44	—	685	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	377	182.00–191.00	187.12
19	—	480	173.50	173.50
9	—	659	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	154.00	154.00
6	—	542	158.00	158.00
10	—	920	130.50	130.50
5	—	760	136.00	136.00
7	—	585	145.00	145.00
25	—	625	136.00–140.00	139.17

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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