Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00-6.00 higher with steers over 650 lbs selling steady to 2.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 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 $165.01/cwt on 2,872 head.

Average price

$165.01

2,872 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$3.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	165.05	1,027	2,837
Medium and Large 1-2	559	161.74	903	35

One grade step is worth $3.31/cwt here — about $123 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 sale2,872 hd

165.01

—

NE average9 barns · 17,218 hd

156.32

+8.69

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

37 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 1Fancy	—	601	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,034	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	194.96/cwt	192.50–195.50	983	485
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	481	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	967	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	851	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	810	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	499	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	953	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	605	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,010	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	934	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,102	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	179.37/cwt	175.25–183.00	949	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	501	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	832	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	630	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	879	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	538	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	993	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	153.78/cwt	147.00–155.75	864	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	574	176.98/cwt	175.00–177.75	1,016	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	595	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	148.79/cwt	142.25–152.75	1,022	893
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	145.71/cwt	142.25–147.75	1,052	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	138.89/cwt	135.00–141.00	851	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	171.55/cwt	170.50–173.00	983	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	161.32/cwt	158.00–163.00	849	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	196.78/cwt	196.50–198.00	844	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	134.00/cwt	131.50–135.25	894	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.39/cwt	156.00–163.50	1,004	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	723	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	593	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	961	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	414	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,144	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	872	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	457	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	813	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	478	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,050	10

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 Jan 30, 2021

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

Receipts 3,771Last week 4,049Year ago 3,450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	601	172.00	172.00
485	—	504	192.50–195.50	194.96
17	—	481	201.00	201.00
21	—	411	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	499	191.00	191.00
37	—	605	167.00	167.00
31	—	538	184.50	184.50
266	—	574	175.00–177.75	176.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	340	197.00	197.00
158	—	775	142.25	142.25
84	—	529	175.25–183.00	179.37
893	—	687	142.25–152.75	148.79
248	—	722	142.25–147.75	145.71
31	—	573	170.50–173.00	171.55
52	—	429	196.50–198.00	196.78
313	—	626	156.00–163.50	160.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	595	160.50	160.50
15	—	457	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	593	162.00	162.00
9	—	478	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	665	140.50	140.50
65	—	630	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	501	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	562	147.00–155.75	153.78
48	—	613	135.00–141.00	138.89
109	—	526	158.00–163.00	161.32
161	—	667	131.50–135.25	134.00
8	—	469	167.00	167.00
48	—	428	169.00	169.00
6	—	731	127.50	127.50
15	—	984	116.25	116.25
10	—	328	625.00	625.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	463	160.00	160.00
9	—	414	164.00	164.00

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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