Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-6.00 lower with heifers over 600 lbs selling steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. A winter storm started moving its way through the trade area overnight slowing the demand slightly.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.92/cwt on 1,914 head.

Average price

$157.92

1,914 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$25.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	158.19	1,014	1,894
Medium and Large 1-2	781	132.95	1,039	20

One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale1,914 hd

157.92

—

NE average9 barns · 14,588 hd

151.22

+6.71

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

34 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	—	602	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,025	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	999	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,101	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	686	140.18/cwt	139.50–140.25	962	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	471	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	721	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	383	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	140.88/cwt	139.50–142.75	1,092	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	156.78/cwt	152.25–158.00	981	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	142.55/cwt	141.25–144.75	1,024	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	184.82/cwt	183.50–186.00	946	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	671	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,043	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	624	162.94/cwt	161.50–165.00	1,017	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	197.05/cwt	196.00–198.00	853	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	162.70/cwt	161.50–164.25	934	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	516	161.93/cwt	160.50–162.50	836	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	157.62/cwt	155.00–159.00	835	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	947	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	206.67/cwt	205.00–207.00	823	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	132.64/cwt	130.00–134.00	943	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	166.47/cwt	164.00–168.00	731	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	145.08/cwt	143.00–147.00	833	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	178.14/cwt	170.00–181.50	921	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.63/cwt	142.00–150.75	983	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	133.85/cwt	132.00–136.50	903	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	407	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,011	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	159.75/cwt	157.00–162.00	743	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	138.29/cwt	136.00–140.50	862	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	492	177.92/cwt	177.00–178.50	875	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,016	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	721	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,075	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	132.42/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,014	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 Feb 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,784Last week 3,771Year ago 3,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	602	170.25	170.25
104	—	554	180.25	180.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	850	129.50	129.50
109	—	686	139.50–140.25	140.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	383	195.00	195.00
23	—	492	177.00–178.50	177.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	775	139.50–142.75	140.88
270	—	626	152.25–158.00	156.78
224	—	718	141.25–144.75	142.55
26	—	433	196.00–198.00	197.05
60	—	574	161.50–164.25	162.70
75	—	499	189.75	189.75
24	—	398	205.00–207.00	206.67
78	—	517	170.00–181.50	178.14
123	—	675	142.00–150.75	145.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	512	183.50–186.00	184.82
81	—	671	155.50	155.50
316	—	624	161.50–165.00	162.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	804	133.75	133.75
12	—	766	132.00–133.00	132.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	471	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	516	160.50–162.50	161.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	530	155.00–159.00	157.62
91	—	711	130.00–134.00	132.64
52	—	439	164.00–168.00	166.47
55	—	574	143.00–147.00	145.08
174	—	675	132.00–136.50	133.85
14	—	787	128.50	128.50
18	—	465	157.00–162.00	159.75
186	—	623	136.00–140.50	138.29
19	—	813	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	160.00	160.00
7	—	407	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	497	145.00	145.00

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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