Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-900 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 450-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 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 $181.02/cwt on 1,890 head.

Average price

$181.02

1,890 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$4.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.57

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	181.12	1,338	1,848
Medium and Large 1-2	608	176.48	1,072	42

One grade step is worth $4.64/cwt here — about $265 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 sale1,890 hd

181.02

—

NE average8 barns · 16,210 hd

176.45

+4.57

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

48 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	—	535	214.25/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,146	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	186.52/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,127	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	966	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	166.35/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	184.52/cwt	179.50–187.00	1,253	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,513	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,382	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	164.29/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,438	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	173.19/cwt	169.50–177.00	1,347	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	176.07/cwt	172.50–177.00	1,277	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	537	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,004	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	200.91/cwt	196.00–204.50	1,095	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	462	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	899	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,088	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	958	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,332	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	918	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	807	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,138	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	801	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,282	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	536	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,045	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	185.85/cwt	185.00–187.00	965	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,222	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	195.25/cwt	189.00–197.00	933	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,231	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	408	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	857	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	160.52/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,167	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	170.05/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,046	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,159	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	222.74/cwt	220.50–225.00	1,178	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	417	235.27/cwt	233.00–237.00	981	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	463	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,116	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	204.11/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,249	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	181.87/cwt	178.00–184.00	958	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	928	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,420	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	777	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,170	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,438	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	800	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,402	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	726	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,321	81

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 3,404Last week 3,036Year ago 4,404

Compared to last week steers 600-900 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 450-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	535	210.00–218.00	214.25
16	—	604	183.00–190.00	186.52
10	—	458	211.00	211.00
215	—	679	179.50–187.00	184.52
120	—	928	163.00	163.00
66	—	845	163.50	163.50
214	—	875	160.00–167.00	164.29
196	—	778	169.50–177.00	173.19
156	—	725	172.50–177.00	176.07
10	—	407	221.00	221.00
6	—	566	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	674	165.00–167.00	166.35
9	—	513	195.00	195.00
6	—	725	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	537	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	545	196.00–204.50	200.91
6	—	462	207.00	207.00
5	—	365	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	552	210.00	210.00
30	—	529	220.50–225.00	222.74
19	—	417	233.00–237.00	235.27
12	—	463	241.00	241.00
51	—	612	202.00–206.00	204.11
358	—	800	175.25	175.25
81	—	726	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	928	153.00	153.00
5	—	777	163.00	163.00
41	—	665	176.00	176.00
17	—	975	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	693	157.00	157.00
8	—	958	139.00	139.00
6	—	918	140.00	140.00
6	—	807	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	801	160.00	160.00
51	—	536	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	519	185.00–187.00	185.85
60	—	771	158.50	158.50
27	—	478	189.00–197.00	195.25
15	—	843	146.00	146.00
8	—	416	197.50	197.50
375	—	727	157.00–163.50	160.52
280	—	615	165.00–173.00	170.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	408	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	498	172.00	172.00
8	—	394	212.00	212.00
23	—	527	178.00–184.00	181.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	764	141.50	141.50
12	—	533	178.00	178.00

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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