Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold steady and steers 650-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. 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 $186.60/cwt on 1,622 head.

Average price

$186.60

1,622 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$3.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	687	186.72	1,282	1,565
Medium and Large 1-2	586	183.09	1,073	57

One grade step is worth $3.64/cwt here — about $209 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 sale1,622 hd

186.60

—

NE average7 barns · 9,557 hd

177.57

+9.03

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 1Fancy	—	656	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,115	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	623	177.45/cwt	176.50–178.50	1,106	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	378	192.03/cwt	191.00–193.00	726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	717	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,083	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	787	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,141	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	915	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,336	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	186.26/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,201	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	686	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,192	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	181.44/cwt	180.75–182.50	1,237	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	176.92/cwt	172.00–178.50	1,284	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	531	221.27/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,175	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	550	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	482	231.37/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,115	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,407	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	165.61/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,298	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	566	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	969	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,454	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	174.18/cwt	172.25–174.50	1,352	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	750	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,335	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	617	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,246	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	859	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,324	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,188	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	527	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	991	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,037	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	503	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	895	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,336	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	589	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,084	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	548	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,038	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	586	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	1,226	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	194.46/cwt	190.00–195.75	924	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	170.01/cwt	168.50–171.25	1,057	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	222.23/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,176	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	745	159.84/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,191	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	579	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,068	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	158.22/cwt	155.50–160.00	1,144	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	163.50/cwt	160.50–165.50	1,100	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,112	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	754	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,191	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	182.00/cwt	179.00–188.00	957	28

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 Feb 12, 2022

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

Receipts 3,036Last week 2,761Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold steady and steers 650-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was 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
63	—	656	170.00	170.00
96	—	623	176.50–178.50	177.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	378	191.00–193.00	192.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	717	151.00	151.00
13	—	787	145.00	145.00
51	—	915	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	725	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	503	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	548	189.50	189.50
11	—	579	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	475	190.00–195.75	194.46
116	—	622	168.50–171.25	170.01
280	—	723	155.50–160.00	158.22
116	—	673	160.50–165.50	163.50
5	—	417	194.00	194.00
28	—	526	179.00–188.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	745	157.00–160.00	159.84
90	—	666	167.00	167.00
57	—	754	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	645	184.00–191.00	186.26
236	—	682	180.75–182.50	181.44
106	—	726	172.00–178.50	176.92
79	—	889	158.25	158.25
162	—	776	172.25–174.50	174.18
8	—	375	229.00	229.00
21	—	805	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	686	173.75	173.75
5	—	566	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	531	220.00–222.00	221.27
10	—	550	209.00	209.00
41	—	482	231.00–233.00	231.37
5	—	400	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	180.00	180.00
114	—	784	165.00–166.00	165.61
42	—	969	150.00	150.00
21	—	701	169.50	169.50
29	—	879	152.00	152.00
39	—	589	184.00	184.00
9	—	687	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	750	178.00	178.00
122	—	617	202.00	202.00
87	—	586	209.25	209.25
154	—	529	222.00–226.00	222.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	527	188.00	188.00

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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