Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on comparable offerings of steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. The annual Thanksgiving weekend sale brought a large crowd of buyers to the seats along with active bidding from home buyers on the internet. Demand was good on a fast paced sale from start to finish. Offering comprised of yearlings, weaned and bawling spring calves. Several load lots of both yearlings and calves throughout the sale. Bulk of the cattle stayed in the Cornhusker state but several loads went to the Sunflower and Hawkeye states for winter grazing and feeding. Special calf and feeder sale on Saturday Dec 4 and a Special bred cow and heifer sale on Tuesday Dec 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.60/cwt on 2,921 head.

Average price

$180.60

2,921 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	181.54	1,180	2,572
Medium and Large 1-2	569	176.80	1,005	231
Large 1	816	167.53	1,367	118

One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about −$186 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 sale2,921 hd

180.60

—

NE average4 barns · 8,774 hd

177.29

+3.31

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

43 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	Large 1	—	433	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	753	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	592	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	947	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	530	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	885	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	629	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	950	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,047	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	856	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	173.66/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,421	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	178.68/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,110	514
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	397	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	218.55/cwt	211.00–221.00	951	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	526	207.78/cwt	207.50–209.00	1,093	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	203.92/cwt	199.00–205.50	995	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	166.50/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,469	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	196.83/cwt	189.00–201.00	1,029	225
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,644	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	170.77/cwt	166.50–177.25	1,216	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,323	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,575	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	165.73/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,095	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	172.11/cwt	164.00–177.00	1,009	67
Steers	Large 1	—	667	164.00/cwt	163.00–164.50	1,094	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,283	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	202.81/cwt	200.00–205.00	860	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	181.39/cwt	177.00–190.00	952	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	176.77/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,170	506
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	178.71/cwt	178.00–184.00	870	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	190.40/cwt	181.00–198.50	1,095	458
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	619	167.51/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,037	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	664	165.79/cwt	159.00–170.25	1,101	134
Steers	Large 1	—	586	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,049	8
Steers	Large 1	—	538	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,006	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	181.86/cwt	181.00–182.00	869	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	158.22/cwt	156.00–159.50	986	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	177.07/cwt	168.00–192.00	657	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	166.79/cwt	163.00–171.00	966	550
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	152.17/cwt	151.25–152.50	1,268	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	172.00/cwt	165.00–176.50	900	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	593	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,017	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	162.60/cwt	162.00–163.00	937	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	176.86/cwt	174.50–179.00	814	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	181.40/cwt	181.00–182.00	793	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	730	27

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 4,760Last week 2,318Year ago 4,813

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	174.00	174.00
7	—	592	160.00	160.00
20	—	530	167.00	167.00
26	—	629	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	722	145.00	145.00
9	—	511	167.50	167.50
18	—	371	168.00–192.00	177.07
15	—	576	162.00–163.00	162.60
15	—	460	174.50–179.00	176.86
27	—	437	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	487	178.00–184.00	178.71
11	—	389	195.00	195.00
53	—	623	156.00–159.50	158.22
550	—	579	163.00–171.00	166.79
79	—	833	151.25–152.50	152.17
328	—	523	165.00–176.50	172.00
56	—	437	181.00–182.00	181.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	619	164.50–171.00	167.51
134	—	664	159.00–170.25	165.79
46	—	593	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	818	170.00–174.00	173.66
514	—	621	174.00–184.00	178.68
34	—	435	211.00–221.00	218.55
80	—	488	199.00–205.50	203.92
120	—	882	164.00–169.00	166.50
225	—	523	189.00–201.00	196.83
324	—	712	166.50–177.25	170.77
24	—	792	167.00	167.00
55	—	942	167.25	167.25
506	—	662	170.00–182.50	176.77
458	—	575	181.00–198.50	190.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	397	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	526	207.50–209.00	207.78
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,015	162.00	162.00
33	—	667	163.00–164.50	164.00
8	—	586	179.00	179.00
18	—	538	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	661	164.00–167.00	165.73
67	—	586	164.00–177.00	172.11
12	—	792	162.00	162.00
19	—	424	200.00–205.00	202.81
39	—	525	177.00–190.00	181.39
37	—	478	181.00–182.00	181.86

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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