Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks steers over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher except for 500-650 lbs steers selling unevenly steady, heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was 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 $165.98/cwt on 2,939 head.

Average price

$165.98

2,939 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

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

$3.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	169.47	911	64
Medium and Large 1	651	165.90	1,081	2,875

One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale2,939 hd

165.98

—

NE average7 barns · 12,958 hd

154.99

+10.99

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

43 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	—	351	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	346	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,102	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	517	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,006	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,000	130.35/cwt	130.35–130.35	1,304	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	616	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,103	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	768	138.10/cwt	138.10–138.10	1,061	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	146.14/cwt	140.00–149.50	827	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	196.61/cwt	194.00–197.50	944	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	144.74/cwt	144.00–147.50	1,068	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	171.99/cwt	171.50–173.00	1,082	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	161.01/cwt	158.75–165.00	1,011	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,170	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	952	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	187.01/cwt	185.50–192.00	883	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	651	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	1,046	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,097	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	122.86/cwt	120.00–123.00	987	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	155.56/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,050	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	193.84/cwt	192.00–196.00	787	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	918	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	964	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	159.61/cwt	158.50–162.50	773	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	141.47/cwt	137.00–143.25	903	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.17/cwt	128.00–136.25	956	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	131.77/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,137	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	862	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	189.60/cwt	189.00–190.00	973	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	353	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	204.26/cwt	201.50–210.00	964	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	546	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	573	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	968	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	123.60/cwt	119.50–124.00	1,121	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	632	135.68/cwt	135.50–136.00	857	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	776	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,024	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	666.31/cwt	660.00–675.00	2,559	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	421	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	669	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	178.07/cwt	173.50–181.50	1,017	549
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	491	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	845	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	768	6

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 13, 2021

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Receipts 4,046Last week 3,654Year ago 2,212

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	351	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	768	138.10	138.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	566	140.00–149.50	146.14
129	—	803	120.00–123.00	122.86
46	—	664	138.25	138.25
86	—	484	158.50–162.50	159.61
99	—	638	137.00–143.25	141.47
107	—	723	128.00–136.25	132.17
47	—	549	157.00	157.00
136	—	907	119.50–124.00	123.60
14	—	384	660.00–675.00	666.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	466	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	151.00	151.00
16	—	478	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	632	135.50–136.00	135.68
9	—	421	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	217.00	217.00
15	—	709	155.50	155.50
52	—	517	194.50	194.50
156	—	1,000	130.35	130.35
180	—	616	179.00	179.00
6	—	353	212.00	212.00
208	—	472	201.50–210.00	204.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	480	194.00–197.50	196.61
216	—	629	171.50–173.00	171.99
113	—	651	160.75	160.75
13	—	513	189.00–190.00	189.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	738	144.00–147.50	144.74
200	—	628	158.75–165.00	161.01
217	—	921	127.00	127.00
43	—	526	181.00	181.00
189	—	472	185.50–192.00	187.01
99	—	785	139.75	139.75
335	—	675	152.00–157.00	155.56
39	—	406	192.00–196.00	193.84
103	—	863	128.00–134.00	131.77
549	—	571	173.50–181.50	178.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	173.25	173.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	573	169.00	169.00
20	—	491	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	776	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	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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