Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $183.12/cwt on 2,636 head.

Average price

$183.12

2,636 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$21.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	184.36	1,191	2,482
Medium and Large 1-2	701	163.24	1,144	154

One grade step is worth $21.12/cwt here — about $47 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 sale2,636 hd

183.12

—

NE average12 barns · 28,464 hd

178.96

+4.17

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

64 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	388	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	815	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	294	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,764	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	769	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	801	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	168.05/cwt	166.50–169.00	1,119	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	225.62/cwt	224.00–230.50	1,067	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,145	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	169.25/cwt	169.00–169.50	1,383	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	580	198.08/cwt	197.25–199.00	1,149	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	168.57/cwt	167.50–169.25	1,087	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	436	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	175.97/cwt	171.75–179.25	1,172	431
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,129	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	625	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,175	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	174.94/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,034	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	176.15/cwt	173.75–183.00	1,122	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	158.01/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,082	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,195	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	203.74/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,043	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	170.67/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,302	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	741	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,204	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	666	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,099	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	217.61/cwt	213.00–221.00	992	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,032	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	171.41/cwt	169.00–173.00	1,169	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	208.08/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,180	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,107	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	194.86/cwt	194.00–195.00	848	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	899	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,002	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	644	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,146	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	188.22/cwt	187.00–193.50	1,086	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	843	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	201.85/cwt	201.85–201.85	1,213	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	719	178.69/cwt	177.00–179.75	1,285	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	815	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	165.04/cwt	162.00–169.50	916	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	568	183.75/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,044	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	211.84/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,102	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	568	203.74/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,157	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	157.61/cwt	156.00–159.50	979	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	596	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,013	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	161.66/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,232	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	808	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	169.61/cwt	168.00–171.00	906	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	155.07/cwt	154.50–156.00	1,064	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	151.37/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,087	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	185.06/cwt	184.00–187.00	981	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	161.81/cwt	161.00–167.00	927	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	511	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	853	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	155.19/cwt	153.50–159.00	1,034	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	817	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	173.74/cwt	171.00–177.00	928	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	162.90/cwt	159.00–164.50	829	74

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 Jan 8, 2022

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

Receipts 4,201Last week 0Year ago 3,306

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	666	166.50–169.00	168.05
25	—	700	163.50	163.50
150	—	645	167.50–169.25	168.57
13	—	568	183.00–185.00	183.75
24	—	762	161.00–162.00	161.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	473	224.00–230.50	225.62
13	—	436	234.00	234.00
142	—	601	201.85	201.85
229	—	719	177.00–179.75	178.69
105	—	520	211.00–213.00	211.84
62	—	568	202.00–207.00	203.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	817	169.00–169.50	169.25
431	—	666	171.75–179.25	175.97
7	—	424	219.00	219.00
96	—	637	173.75–183.00	176.15
186	—	763	167.00–173.00	170.67
43	—	543	190.00	190.00
113	—	577	187.00–193.50	188.22
6	—	379	222.50	222.50
9	—	482	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	580	197.25–199.00	198.08
19	—	625	188.00	188.00
56	—	512	202.00–205.00	203.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	724	156.00	156.00
28	—	591	173.00–176.00	174.94
24	—	685	156.00–161.00	158.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	179.00	179.00
5	—	439	227.00	227.00
31	—	707	169.00	169.00
14	—	456	213.00–221.00	217.61
60	—	682	169.00–173.00	171.41
37	—	567	206.00–210.00	208.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	741	162.50	162.50
11	—	666	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	808	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	294	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	769	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	141.00	141.00
9	—	463	173.00	173.00
7	—	391	169.00	169.00
74	—	509	159.00–164.50	162.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	663	167.00	167.00
48	—	435	194.00–195.00	194.86
42	—	473	190.00	190.00
39	—	567	176.75	176.75
21	—	644	178.00	178.00
84	—	530	184.00–187.00	185.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	815	144.00	144.00
20	—	511	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	555	162.00–169.50	165.04
51	—	534	168.00–171.00	169.61
7	—	383	685.00	685.00
5	—	453	185.00	185.00
66	—	666	153.50–159.00	155.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	621	156.00–159.50	157.61
107	—	686	154.50–156.00	155.07
280	—	718	149.00–154.00	151.37
6	—	375	186.00	186.00
8	—	773	153.00	153.00
138	—	573	161.00–167.00	161.81
12	—	444	184.00	184.00
49	—	534	171.00–177.00	173.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	596	170.00	170.00

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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