Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $189.57/cwt on 2,302 head.

Average price

$189.57

2,302 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$9.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.32

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	190.48	1,135	2,079
Medium and Large 1-2	535	181.13	970	223

One grade step is worth $9.35/cwt here — about $165 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 sale2,302 hd

189.57

—

NE average9 barns · 14,575 hd

182.25

+7.32

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

45 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	—	562	178.04/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,001	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	161.56/cwt	160.00–164.00	944	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	161.57/cwt	156.00–163.50	1,003	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	169.56/cwt	167.00–173.00	870	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	187.56/cwt	185.00–189.00	778	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	604	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,249	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	219.34/cwt	217.00–223.00	805	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	534	206.12/cwt	205.50–210.00	1,101	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	180.39/cwt	180.00–181.00	945	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	191.00/cwt	187.00–192.50	1,104	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	181.31/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,233	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	365	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	777	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	455	190.69/cwt	190.00–191.00	868	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	469	218.34/cwt	217.00–219.50	1,024	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,053	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	164.95/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,158	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	177.11/cwt	176.00–183.00	979	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	170.01/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,137	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,049	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	987	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	170.40/cwt	169.50–170.75	1,080	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	187.70/cwt	184.00–194.00	696	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	177.91/cwt	175.00–181.50	842	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,348	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	169.62/cwt	166.50–172.50	952	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,220	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	178.71/cwt	178.25–179.00	1,306	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	184.29/cwt	175.00–186.50	1,139	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	367	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	760	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	169.58/cwt	169.00–173.00	799	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	866	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	208.42/cwt	199.00–213.00	992	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	192.26/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,025	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	933	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,098	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	661	166.81/cwt	165.75–169.00	1,103	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	425	219.46/cwt	219.00–220.00	933	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,106	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	210.70/cwt	206.50–214.00	893	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	335	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	734	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	193.54/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,165	149

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 Dec 11, 2021

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

Receipts 3,818Last week 3,284Year ago 3,202

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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
43	—	562	177.00–179.00	178.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	584	160.00–164.00	161.56
134	—	621	156.00–163.50	161.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	513	167.00–173.00	169.56
63	—	415	185.00–189.00	187.56
121	—	634	169.50–170.75	170.40
95	—	371	184.00–194.00	187.70
93	—	473	175.00–181.50	177.91
64	—	875	154.00	154.00
356	—	561	166.50–172.50	169.62
14	—	800	152.50	152.50
9	—	1,034	144.00	144.00
6	—	976	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	318	190.00	190.00
45	—	471	169.00–173.00	169.58
5	—	747	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	600	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	661	165.75–169.00	166.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	771	162.00	162.00
22	—	367	217.00–223.00	219.34
251	—	578	187.00–192.50	191.00
330	—	680	175.00–184.00	181.31
176	—	731	178.25–179.00	178.71
388	—	618	175.00–186.50	184.29
111	—	476	199.00–213.00	208.42
94	—	533	187.00–197.00	192.26
73	—	424	206.50–214.00	210.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	534	205.50–210.00	206.12
72	—	469	217.00–219.50	218.34
17	—	425	219.00–220.00	219.46
14	—	553	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	524	180.00–181.00	180.39
28	—	642	164.00	164.00
29	—	702	161.00–166.00	164.95
45	—	553	176.00–183.00	177.11
11	—	473	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	365	213.00	213.00
45	—	455	190.00–191.00	190.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	669	166.00–173.50	170.01
11	—	617	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	650	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	367	207.00	207.00
15	—	335	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	602	190.00–196.00	193.54

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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