Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, Not enough offering of heifers to establish a tend a lower undertone was noticed. Nice run of bawling calves on offer with most offerings had received fall precondition shots. Demand was moderate to 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 $182.05/cwt on 876 head.

Average price

$182.05

876 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$9.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	182.31	1,055	852
Medium and Large 1-2	494	172.67	853	24

One grade step is worth $9.64/cwt here — about $202 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 sale876 hd

182.05

—

NE average11 barns · 18,199 hd

176.28

+5.76

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	538	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	907	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	478	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	860	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	747	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	142.66/cwt	140.00–145.00	842	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,400	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	691	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	328	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	165.79/cwt	164.50–167.00	1,107	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	531	203.67/cwt	202.50–206.50	1,081	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	191.36/cwt	191.00–192.00	892	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	166.62/cwt	166.25–167.50	1,033	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	406	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	849	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	391	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	841	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,072	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	944	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	768	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,137	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	730	151.78/cwt	147.50–153.25	1,108	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	165.39/cwt	163.00–168.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	626	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	173.13/cwt	172.00–175.00	937	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	603	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	965	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	169.17/cwt	166.50–170.00	959	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	138.15/cwt	137.00–139.50	941	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	150.08/cwt	148.50–151.50	855	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	148.65/cwt	148.00–149.00	786	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	561	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,088	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	154.95/cwt	153.50–155.50	1,060	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	479	206.44/cwt	200.00–210.50	989	121

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.

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Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Oct 30, 2021

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

Receipts 1,501Last week 2,404Year ago 1,317

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	538	168.50	168.50
59	—	478	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	495	151.00	151.00
103	—	590	140.00–145.00	142.66
6	—	626	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,000	140.00	140.00
12	—	388	178.00	178.00
13	—	412	163.00–168.00	165.39
50	—	495	164.00	164.00
94	—	681	137.00–139.50	138.15
45	—	570	148.50–151.50	150.08
29	—	529	148.00–149.00	148.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	200.00	200.00
11	—	590	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	668	164.50–167.00	165.79
6	—	537	181.50	181.50
7	—	425	199.00	199.00
19	—	466	191.00–192.00	191.36
55	—	620	166.25–167.50	166.62
67	—	567	166.50–170.00	169.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	531	202.50–206.50	203.67
8	—	406	209.00	209.00
15	—	391	215.00	215.00
40	—	602	178.00	178.00
47	—	561	194.00	194.00
121	—	479	200.00–210.50	206.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	445	185.00	185.00
16	—	541	172.00–175.00	173.13
20	—	603	160.00	160.00
73	—	684	153.50–155.50	154.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	768	148.00	148.00
64	—	730	147.50–153.25	151.78

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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