Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers calves under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers calves under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steers calves over 600 lbs sold 2.00 higher and not enough heifers calves over 600 for a test. Preg checked open yearling heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the sale from in-house and internet buyers. Some loads heading to wheat grazing in Kansas. Most calves were in light to medium flesh with fall vaccination shots. Next Saturday, November 27, will be a Special yearling, weaned and bawling calf sale with start time at 8:30 sharp.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.76/cwt on 1,302 head.

Average price

$186.76

1,302 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$5.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	187.11	1,049	1,223
Medium and Large 1-2	508	181.19	921	79

One grade step is worth $5.92/cwt here — about $128 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 sale1,302 hd

186.76

—

NE average10 barns · 12,883 hd

173.15

+13.60

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

31 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 1Fleshy	—	592	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	919	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,000	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,370	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,063	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,462	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,102	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	179.68/cwt	178.00–181.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	154.57/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,366	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,083	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	183.25/cwt	178.00–185.00	900	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	993	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	206.36/cwt	204.25–209.00	1,040	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	173.65/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,066	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	961	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,139	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	183.78/cwt	175.50–188.00	1,081	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	192.46/cwt	185.00–197.00	999	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	209.05/cwt	205.00–221.00	870	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	186.21/cwt	180.00–191.00	799	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	167.83/cwt	164.50–170.00	1,098	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	175.48/cwt	170.00–181.00	844	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	171.77/cwt	171.00–173.50	862	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	153.56/cwt	152.00–157.00	929	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	489	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	929	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	156.23/cwt	153.00–161.00	895	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	200.76/cwt	189.00–203.50	960	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	147.86/cwt	147.00–149.00	986	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	166.48/cwt	161.50–170.00	942	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	852	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	196.87/cwt	195.00–200.00	614	21

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 Nov 20, 2021

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

Receipts 2,318Last week 3,239Year ago 3,502

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	592	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,000	137.00	137.00
14	—	1,063	137.50	137.50
6	—	1,102	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	178.00–181.00	179.68
16	—	884	154.00–155.00	154.57
60	—	429	180.00–191.00	186.21
128	—	481	170.00–181.00	175.48
56	—	502	171.00–173.50	171.77
32	—	605	152.00–157.00	153.56
51	—	667	147.00–149.00	147.86
319	—	566	161.50–170.00	166.48
21	—	312	195.00–200.00	196.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	489	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	573	153.00–161.00	156.23
8	—	513	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	561	193.00	193.00
33	—	425	220.00	220.00
111	—	504	204.25–209.00	206.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	491	178.00–185.00	183.25
19	—	593	167.50	167.50
9	—	684	154.00	154.00
13	—	313	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
308	—	614	168.00–180.00	173.65
28	—	723	157.50	157.50
264	—	588	175.50–188.00	183.78
211	—	519	185.00–197.00	192.46
46	—	416	205.00–221.00	209.05
58	—	654	164.50–170.00	167.83
113	—	478	189.00–203.50	200.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	961	148.00	148.00

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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