Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and steers 650-850 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower, heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $179.63/cwt on 2,499 head.

Average price

$179.63

2,499 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$162

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

$21.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	200.64	1,011	11thin
Medium and Large 1	653	179.54	1,173	2,488

One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale2,499 hd

179.63

—

NE average10 barns · 23,485 hd

178.73

+0.90

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

44 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 1Unweaned	—	517	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	663	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,094	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	172.13/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,174	621
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	183.09/cwt	178.00–188.75	1,144	537
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,111	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,094	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	926	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,361	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	163.86/cwt	163.50–164.50	1,258	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	210.85/cwt	206.00–214.00	1,033	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	565	199.01/cwt	198.50–199.50	1,124	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	448	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	203.76/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,066	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,048	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	171.01/cwt	166.00–175.25	1,243	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	192.91/cwt	189.50–195.50	1,105	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	758	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	476	191.20/cwt	190.50–194.00	910	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	444	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	174.88/cwt	171.00–176.50	1,083	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	787	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,243	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,003	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	177.17/cwt	176.00–178.00	951	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	161.34/cwt	160.00–161.50	1,338	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	185.78/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,070	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	164.08/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,022	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	527	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	970	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	171.92/cwt	171.50–173.00	925	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,180	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	228.34/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,066	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	166.66/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,113	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	189.67/cwt	187.00–192.00	806	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,375	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	152.69/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,098	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	156.91/cwt	153.00–158.50	1,076	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	170.23/cwt	166.00–174.00	979	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	184.95/cwt	180.00–187.00	890	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	160.80/cwt	160.00–162.00	936	53

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 15, 2022

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

Receipts 4,310Last week 4,201Year ago 3,870

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	517	182.00	182.00
43	—	631	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	663	165.00	165.00
19	—	527	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	142.50	142.50
36	—	537	176.00–178.00	177.17
300	—	623	158.00–168.00	164.08
68	—	776	152.00	152.00
36	—	425	187.00–192.00	189.67
129	—	900	152.75	152.75
68	—	719	152.50–154.00	152.69
262	—	686	153.00–158.50	156.91
266	—	575	166.00–174.00	170.23
97	—	481	180.00–187.00	184.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	758	145.00	145.00
8	—	610	155.00	155.00
99	—	538	171.50–173.00	171.92
53	—	582	160.00–162.00	160.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	476	190.50–194.00	191.20
10	—	444	199.00	199.00
8	—	390	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
621	—	682	169.00–175.00	172.13
537	—	625	178.00–188.75	183.09
84	—	768	163.50–164.50	163.86
45	—	490	206.00–214.00	210.85
166	—	523	196.00–206.00	203.76
414	—	727	166.00–175.25	171.01
177	—	573	189.50–195.50	192.91
6	—	420	250.00	250.00
8	—	391	245.00	245.00
92	—	829	160.00–161.50	161.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	669	166.00	166.00
35	—	585	187.00	187.00
5	—	448	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	211.00	211.00
6	—	546	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	926	147.00	147.00
65	—	619	171.00–176.50	174.88
9	—	787	158.00	158.00
67	—	576	180.00–187.00	185.78
18	—	668	166.00–168.00	166.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	565	198.50–199.50	199.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	467	225.00–234.00	228.34

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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