Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers 500-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Nice run of yearlings and bawling calves 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 $178.45/cwt on 1,380 head.

Average price

$178.45

1,380 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$29.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	179.75	1,197	1,319
Medium and Large 1-2	605	150.26	909	61

One grade step is worth $29.49/cwt here — about $287 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 sale1,380 hd

178.45

—

NE average10 barns · 16,758 hd

172.49

+5.96

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

44 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 1-2Full	—	631	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	814	160.10/cwt	160.10–160.10	1,303	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	430	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	697	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	140.88/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,227	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	141.82/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,374	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	592	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	187.15/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,003	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	668	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	858	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	192.15/cwt	190.00–198.00	915	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	173.99/cwt	167.00–176.00	1,025	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	173.41/cwt	166.00–177.00	1,110	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,536	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	662	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	458	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	930	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,127	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,120	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	163.15/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,256	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,535	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	156.68/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,106	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	158.13/cwt	156.50–162.50	919	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	537	202.77/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,089	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	182.17/cwt	181.00–183.00	1,120	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,367	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	607	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	935	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	600	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	912	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	527	158.16/cwt	157.00–159.00	834	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	581	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	149.87/cwt	146.00–152.00	911	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,077	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	133.91/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,383	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	159.65/cwt	152.50–163.00	851	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	432	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	942	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	829	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	169.69/cwt	169.00–172.00	735	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	163.63/cwt	160.00–167.00	763	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	718	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,174	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	668	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,079	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,249	7

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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 2,404Last week 3,135Year ago 1,832

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	814	160.10	160.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	430	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	871	139.00–142.50	140.88
20	—	969	140.00–143.00	141.82
47	—	706	156.00–157.00	156.68
172	—	581	156.50–162.50	158.13
24	—	936	146.00	146.00
39	—	608	146.00–152.00	149.87
12	—	686	157.00	157.00
13	—	1,033	133.00–135.00	133.91
234	—	533	152.50–163.00	159.65
24	—	433	169.00–172.00	169.69
19	—	466	160.00–167.00	163.63
7	—	844	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	592	139.00	139.00
8	—	600	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	607	154.00	154.00
65	—	718	163.50	163.50
75	—	668	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	564	147.00	147.00
5	—	606	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	536	184.00–195.00	187.15
7	—	333	207.00	207.00
18	—	427	201.00	201.00
33	—	476	190.00–198.00	192.15
40	—	589	167.00–176.00	173.99
121	—	640	166.00–177.00	173.41
133	—	1,009	152.25	152.25
21	—	687	164.00	164.00
25	—	700	160.00	160.00
100	—	770	157.00–165.00	163.15
120	—	958	160.25	160.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	400	167.00	167.00
10	—	641	151.00	151.00
8	—	871	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	136.00	136.00
11	—	600	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	458	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	537	200.00–203.00	202.77
274	—	615	181.00–183.00	182.17
28	—	432	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	157.00–159.00	158.16

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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