Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-18

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.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.64/cwt on 1,333 head.

Average price

$157.64

1,333 head · 869 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$497

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

$16.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

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	519	172.90	898	74
Medium and Large 1	890	156.74	1,395	1,259

One grade step is worth $16.16/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale1,333 hd

157.64

—

NE average6 barns · 8,584 hd

165.98

−8.34

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

33 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 1	—	816	160.17/cwt	156.00–161.25	1,307	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	150.32/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,496	516
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	155.02/cwt	153.00–159.00	874	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	144.82/cwt	138.00–146.25	1,350	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	150.79/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,267	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,009	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	165.96/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,104	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,087	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.50	1,356	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	157.35/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,070	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	175.35/cwt	175.00–177.00	838	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	815	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,239	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,098	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	390	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	671	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	865	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	155.77/cwt	155.50–156.00	1,453	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	347	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	691	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	693	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	713	159.25/cwt	158.50–160.00	1,135	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	622	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	939	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,150	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	162.77/cwt	161.50–164.00	1,161	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	163.01/cwt	159.50–164.00	1,236	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	155.17/cwt	153.50–156.75	1,201	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	149.17/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,302	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	962	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	169.64/cwt	164.50–174.00	1,060	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	158.99/cwt	153.75–159.50	1,425	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	640	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,374	1,618.97/cwt	1,600.00–1,625.00	22,245	17

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 Sep 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,295Last week 4,317Year ago 2,755

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 0Year ago 41

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	816	156.00–161.25	160.17
516	—	995	146.00–151.00	150.32
60	—	665	163.00–168.00	165.96
235	—	933	155.50–156.00	155.77
22	—	713	161.50–164.00	162.77
122	—	758	159.50–164.00	163.01
50	—	625	164.50–174.00	169.64
111	—	896	153.75–159.50	158.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	507	199.00	199.00
12	—	727	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	478	175.00–177.00	175.35
8	—	406	177.00	177.00
11	—	852	135.00	135.00
6	—	342	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	495	182.50	182.50
11	—	347	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	815	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	564	153.00–159.00	155.02
60	—	932	138.00–146.25	144.82
64	—	840	150.00–151.00	150.79
23	—	722	150.00–151.00	150.51
27	—	979	138.00–139.50	138.49
35	—	680	156.00–158.50	157.35
183	—	774	153.50–156.75	155.17
226	—	873	146.00–152.00	149.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	390	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	500	173.00	173.00
9	—	375	181.00	181.00
17	—	682	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	415	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	713	158.50–160.00	159.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	622	151.00	151.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,374	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,618.97

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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