Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 3.00 higher except for 500-600 lbs steers selling 5.00 lower, heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher except 500-600 lbs heifers selling steady to 2.00 lower. Nice run of bawling calves and yearlings on offer. 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 $170.57/cwt on 1,738 head.

Average price

$170.57

1,738 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$56.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	171.23	1,181	1,644
Medium and Large 1-2	553	166.81	922	80
Large 1-2	1,055	115.00	1,213	14thin

One grade step is worth $56.23/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale1,738 hd

170.57

—

NE average11 barns · 16,920 hd

171.95

−1.38

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

45 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	376	188.94/cwt	188.00–191.00	710	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	192.45/cwt	186.50–199.50	897	178
Steers	Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,055	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,213	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	714	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	998	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,450	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	489	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	885	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	678	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,075	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	703	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,097	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	212.13/cwt	211.00–213.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	164.78/cwt	163.00–166.50	1,289	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	161.66/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,148	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	579	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,054	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	210.37/cwt	206.00–213.00	772	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	201.02/cwt	199.00–206.00	870	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	168.56/cwt	166.50–170.00	1,037	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	154.32/cwt	152.25–155.75	1,438	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,326	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,406	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,176	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,005	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	334	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	337	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	178.11/cwt	173.00–181.50	762	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	140.65/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,402	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	159.65/cwt	156.00–162.00	825	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	160.45/cwt	157.00–162.00	913	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	582	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	972	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	816	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,253	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	908	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,419	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,453	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	150.36/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,110	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,297	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	163.03/cwt	158.00–163.75	1,368	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,539	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,390	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	610	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,173	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	170.38/cwt	166.00–175.00	801	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	179.65/cwt	175.00–183.50	929	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	162.42/cwt	157.00–165.00	900	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	176.36/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,012	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	867	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,340	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	153.04/cwt	151.50–155.50	969	110

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 Oct 16, 2021

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

Receipts 3,135Last week 2,158Year ago 781

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	376	188.00–191.00	188.94
5	—	337	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	890	149.00	149.00
42	—	916	153.50	153.50
40	—	779	151.00	151.00
90	—	428	173.00–181.50	178.11
17	—	997	139.00–143.00	140.65
199	—	517	156.00–162.00	159.65
177	—	569	157.00–162.00	160.45
10	—	1,045	139.00	139.00
61	—	738	147.00–151.00	150.36
10	—	842	154.00	154.00
145	—	470	166.00–175.00	170.38
110	—	633	151.50–155.50	153.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	680	147.75	147.75
8	—	628	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	334	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	153.00	153.00
12	—	359	170.00	170.00
10	—	850	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	582	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	816	153.50	153.50
129	—	908	156.25	156.25
69	—	867	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	466	186.50–199.50	192.45
9	—	342	211.00–213.00	212.13
79	—	782	163.00–166.50	164.78
123	—	710	158.00–163.00	161.66
17	—	367	206.00–213.00	210.37
46	—	433	199.00–206.00	201.02
122	—	615	166.50–170.00	168.56
102	—	932	152.25–155.75	154.32
199	—	839	158.00–163.75	163.03
183	—	965	159.50	159.50
13	—	877	158.50	158.50
160	—	517	175.00–183.50	179.65
277	—	574	168.00–179.00	176.36
Steers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,055	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	372	192.00	192.00
45	—	554	157.00–165.00	162.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	998	145.25	145.25
21	—	489	181.00	181.00
14	—	678	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	703	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	579	182.00	182.00

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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