Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $157.50/cwt on 2,700 head.

Average price

$157.50

2,700 head · 893 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,407

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$457

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

$8.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.89

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	588	165.11	971	135
Medium and Large 1	909	157.10	1,429	2,565

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about −$457 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 sale2,700 hd

157.50

—

NE average8 barns · 12,459 hd

162.39

−4.89

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

39 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	—	476	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	736	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	949	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,031	137.11/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,414	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	139.24/cwt	138.00–144.50	1,360	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	156.18/cwt	150.50–158.00	1,190	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	153.87/cwt	153.50–156.00	1,359	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,229	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	522	176.26/cwt	176.00–177.00	920	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,024	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,294	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	154.15/cwt	148.50–159.00	1,432	1,024
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	144.97/cwt	144.00–145.25	1,512	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	644	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,198	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	773	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,391	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	725	178.21/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,292	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,056	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	469	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	160.80/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,081	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,190	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	179.91/cwt	173.00–183.00	1,133	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	153.13/cwt	150.10–155.50	1,479	953
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,267	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	141.03/cwt	139.00–146.25	1,323	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	147.20/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,231	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	164.35/cwt	160.50–166.50	1,270	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	167.97/cwt	167.00–172.00	964	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	160.76/cwt	158.50–163.25	1,010	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	156.45/cwt	151.50–158.00	1,114	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	877	146.79/cwt	146.50–147.00	1,287	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	807	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,215	68

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 Aug 28, 2021

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

Receipts 4,317Last week 3,206Year ago 2,639

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	163.00	163.00
11	—	445	165.50	165.50
24	—	586	162.00	162.00
142	—	1,031	135.00–141.00	137.11
102	—	977	138.00–144.50	139.24
50	—	762	150.50–158.00	156.18
80	—	672	160.00–161.00	160.80
63	—	865	146.50	146.50
64	—	938	139.00–146.25	141.03
151	—	836	145.00–150.00	147.20
82	—	628	158.50–163.25	160.76
208	—	712	151.50–158.00	156.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	157.00	157.00
5	—	482	156.00	156.00
8	—	600	156.00	156.00
5	—	657	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
365	—	877	146.50–147.00	146.79
68	—	807	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	883	153.50–156.00	153.87
21	—	736	167.00	167.00
40	—	810	159.75	159.75
1,024	—	929	148.50–159.00	154.15
89	—	1,043	144.00–145.25	144.97
18	—	680	175.00	175.00
97	—	630	173.00–183.00	179.91
953	—	966	150.10–155.50	153.13
46	—	773	160.50–166.50	164.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	522	176.00–177.00	176.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	674	152.00	152.00
8	—	416	174.00	174.00
9	—	806	153.00	153.00
14	—	535	164.00	164.00
17	—	636	166.00	166.00
25	—	574	167.00–172.00	167.97
5	—	743	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	644	186.00	186.00
74	—	773	180.00	180.00
90	—	725	178.00–179.00	178.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	160.00	160.00

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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