Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-550 lbs sold steady and steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher, heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $186.38/cwt on 1,763 head.

Average price

$186.38

1,763 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$25.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	186.73	1,033	1,739
Medium and Large 1-2	546	161.21	881	24

One grade step is worth $25.52/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,763 hd

186.38

—

NE average11 barns · 18,801 hd

176.69

+9.69

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

32 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	—	361	189.03/cwt	188.00–190.00	682	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	441	174.90/cwt	174.00–176.00	771	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	859	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	156.46/cwt	154.00–160.00	828	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	167.63/cwt	163.00–168.50	816	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	550	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,067	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	167.42/cwt	164.50–169.25	1,040	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	180.74/cwt	177.00–184.50	1,028	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	201.05/cwt	200.00–205.00	893	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	180.60/cwt	180.50–181.00	941	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	630	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,112	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	164.16/cwt	160.00–165.00	946	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	517	201.33/cwt	201.00–202.00	1,041	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	159.98/cwt	159.50–161.00	1,081	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	155.79/cwt	152.00–157.00	908	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	518	164.68/cwt	162.00–165.00	853	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	512	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	191.30/cwt	185.50–197.00	922	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	369	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	815	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	719	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,222	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	433	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	764	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	935	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,272	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	379	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	466	205.06/cwt	200.00–208.00	956	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	167.90/cwt	164.00–169.00	735	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	956	32

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 Nov 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,575Last week 1,501Year ago 1,751

Compared to last week, steers 450-550 lbs sold steady and steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher, heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	361	188.00–190.00	189.03
38	—	441	174.00–176.00	174.90
38	—	515	166.75	166.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	529	154.00–160.00	156.46
122	—	487	163.00–168.50	167.63
146	—	583	152.00–157.00	155.79
26	—	438	164.00–169.00	167.90
32	—	629	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	518	162.00–165.00	164.68
45	—	433	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	935	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	686	147.50	147.50
5	—	327	195.00	195.00
8	—	600	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	550	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	621	164.50–169.25	167.42
454	—	569	177.00–184.50	180.74
58	—	444	200.00–205.00	201.05
59	—	521	180.50–181.00	180.60
5	—	333	223.00	223.00
6	—	355	214.00	214.00
64	—	482	185.50–197.00	191.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	630	176.50	176.50
237	—	517	201.00–202.00	201.33
13	—	369	221.00	221.00
89	—	719	170.00	170.00
211	—	466	200.00–208.00	205.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	576	160.00–165.00	164.16
40	—	676	159.50–161.00	159.98
7	—	379	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	149.00	149.00

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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