Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. 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 $182.53/cwt on 2,289 head.

Average price

$182.53

2,289 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	653	183.47	1,198	2,209
Medium and Large 1-2	703	156.47	1,100	80

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $98 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 sale2,289 hd

182.53

—

NE average10 barns · 21,201 hd

176.53

+6.00

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

47 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 1-2	—	710	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,108	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,058	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	161.18/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,086	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,270	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	157.72/cwt	155.50–162.00	1,011	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	461	200.11/cwt	198.00–201.00	923	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	167.30/cwt	165.50–169.00	1,280	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	167.19/cwt	165.75–168.85	1,354	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	172.56/cwt	166.00–176.50	1,255	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	193.18/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,111	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	204.52/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,076	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	568	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,142	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	189.37/cwt	188.00–191.75	1,191	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	541	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,147	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,088	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	920	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	564	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	919	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	801	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,121	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	622	172.87/cwt	172.00–174.00	1,075	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	190.29/cwt	190.00–191.00	980	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	187.03/cwt	182.00–188.00	847	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	827	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	926	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	153.66/cwt	153.00–155.00	985	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	159.73/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,006	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	171.57/cwt	169.50–173.50	988	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	430	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	879	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	153.96/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,032	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	169.53/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,063	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	714	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,121	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	750	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,163	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	168.64/cwt	168.00–170.50	899	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	173.98/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,101	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	142.78/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,021	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	159.93/cwt	158.00–160.50	1,185	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	227.24/cwt	227.00–227.50	1,068	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,231	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	183.78/cwt	181.50–184.50	1,174	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	551	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	992	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	207.57/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,007	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	175.68/cwt	170.00–180.50	1,196	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	953	19

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 3,930Last week 3,545Year ago 3,771

Compared to last week, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	710	156.00	156.00
6	—	844	145.00	145.00
29	—	674	159.00–162.00	161.18
13	—	882	144.00	144.00
20	—	641	155.50–162.00	157.72
5	—	479	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	575	184.00	184.00
18	—	461	198.00–201.00	200.11
76	—	633	172.00–176.00	173.98
43	—	741	158.00–160.50	159.93
6	—	533	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	225.00	225.00
99	—	765	165.50–169.00	167.30
169	—	810	165.75–168.85	167.19
343	—	727	166.00–176.50	172.56
5	—	346	235.00	235.00
313	—	575	189.00–199.00	193.18
63	—	526	201.00–209.00	204.52
183	—	639	181.50–184.50	183.78
33	—	485	205.00–215.00	207.57
408	—	681	170.00–180.50	175.68
19	—	435	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	568	201.00	201.00
220	—	629	188.00–191.75	189.37
44	—	541	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	470	227.00–227.50	227.24
82	—	628	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	735	148.00	148.00
38	—	535	172.00	172.00
18	—	564	163.00	163.00
12	—	801	140.00	140.00
30	—	641	153.00–155.00	153.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	622	172.00–174.00	172.87
70	—	515	190.00–191.00	190.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	453	182.00–188.00	187.03
129	—	630	159.00–160.00	159.73
231	—	576	169.50–173.50	171.57
211	—	670	150.00–159.00	153.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	475	174.00	174.00
11	—	590	157.00	157.00
44	—	533	168.00–170.50	168.64
26	—	715	142.00–144.00	142.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	430	204.50	204.50
46	—	627	169.00–170.00	169.53
54	—	551	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	714	157.00	157.00
57	—	750	155.00	155.00

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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