Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs steers sold mostly steady with steers over 700 lbs selling 2.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower with heifers over 650 lbs selling 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $169.78/cwt on 2,156 head.

Average price

$169.78

2,156 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$14.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	170.96	1,067	1,981
Medium and Large 1-2	631	156.38	987	175

One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about $80 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 sale2,156 hd

169.78

—

NE average7 barns · 11,389 hd

157.31

+12.47

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

57 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 1-2	—	430	153.10/cwt	150.00–155.00	658	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	878	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,035	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	591	180.24/cwt	178.50–181.50	1,065	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	798	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	779	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	871	128.40/cwt	127.00–129.50	1,118	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	388	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	687	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	519	161.38/cwt	160.00–162.00	838	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	807	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	137.31/cwt	135.50–139.00	851	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	812	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,064	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,854	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	938	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	430	199.45/cwt	197.00–203.00	858	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	918	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	956	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	163.72/cwt	163.25–166.00	1,046	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	186.11/cwt	183.00–192.00	869	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	153.56/cwt	149.75–158.00	1,047	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	649	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,009	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	567	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,026	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	509	197.99/cwt	197.25–200.25	1,008	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	416	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	911	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,079	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	391	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	880	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	476	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	827	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	661	145.83/cwt	145.50–146.00	964	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	138.89/cwt	137.00–139.25	1,058	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	140.21/cwt	138.50–140.75	823	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	144.23/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,047	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	488	141.95/cwt	141.00–143.50	693	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	869	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	130.47/cwt	128.00–132.00	864	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,920	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	144.65/cwt	143.00–147.50	885	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	646	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	998	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	428	159.53/cwt	158.00–160.00	683	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	545	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	918	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	188.90/cwt	185.00–193.00	812	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,131	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	136.20/cwt	134.25–137.75	992	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	383	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,081	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	159.49/cwt	157.00–161.00	759	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	161.53/cwt	160.00–165.00	945	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	147.08/cwt	144.00–148.00	821	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	538	150.33/cwt	150.00–152.00	809	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	683	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	717	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	941	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	692	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,041	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	15

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 Mar 6, 2021

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

Receipts 3,654Last week 4,819Year ago 4,270

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	430	150.00–155.00	153.10
8	—	724	120.00	120.00
15	—	568	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	618	142.00	142.00
44	—	536	150.50	150.50
9	—	438	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	543	147.00	147.00
7	—	779	123.50	123.50
78	—	620	135.50–139.00	137.31
46	—	587	138.50–140.75	140.21
31	—	662	128.00–132.00	130.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	388	177.00	177.00
43	—	519	160.00–162.00	161.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	686	136.75	136.75
18	—	320	600.00	600.00
7	—	364	585.00	585.00
119	—	612	143.00–147.50	144.65
100	—	728	134.25–137.75	136.20
53	—	476	157.00–161.00	159.49
84	—	558	144.00–148.00	147.08
17	—	441	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	476	173.75	173.75
69	—	661	145.50–146.00	145.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	488	141.00–143.50	141.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	428	158.00–160.00	159.53
6	—	383	163.50	163.50
61	—	538	150.00–152.00	150.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	620	167.00	167.00
25	—	540	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	591	178.50–181.50	180.24
21	—	430	197.00–203.00	199.45
21	—	480	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	871	127.00–129.50	128.40
44	—	812	131.00	131.00
107	—	762	137.00–139.25	138.89
35	—	585	160.00–165.00	161.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	309	600.00	600.00
27	—	525	182.00	182.00
35	—	639	163.25–166.00	163.72
19	—	467	183.00–192.00	186.11
138	—	682	149.75–158.00	153.56
100	—	726	141.00–150.00	144.23
15	—	430	185.00–193.00	188.90
135	—	811	139.00–140.00	139.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	649	155.50	155.50
49	—	567	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
374	—	509	197.25–200.25	197.99
116	—	416	219.00	219.00
63	—	615	175.50	175.50
49	—	391	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	646	154.50	154.50
65	—	545	168.50	168.50
54	—	692	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	177.00	177.00
14	—	865	125.00	125.00
11	—	544	161.00	161.00
7	—	687	135.00	135.00

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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