Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 450-600 lbs sold 5.00 higher and steers 700-900 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 400-600 lbs sold 6.00 lower and heifers 650-750 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.80/cwt on 1,583 head.

Average price

$157.80

1,583 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$260

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

$10.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

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	467	168.22	785	75
Medium and Large 1	664	157.28	1,045	1,508

One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about −$260 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 sale1,583 hd

157.80

—

NE average7 barns · 10,686 hd

159.41

−1.61

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

66 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 1Fleshy	—	527	199.68/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,052	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	150.48/cwt	147.00–152.25	1,229	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	919	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,250	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	419	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	897	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	611	182.15/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,113	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	199.66/cwt	198.50–202.50	1,228	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,217	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	768	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,083	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	200.58/cwt	194.00–203.50	1,175	94
Steers	Large 1	—	550	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,029	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	771	154.57/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,192	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	229.57/cwt	223.00–234.00	895	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,180	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,326	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,011	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	191.54/cwt	189.00–193.00	929	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	642	195.88/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,258	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	702	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,278	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	174.93/cwt	170.50–178.10	1,246	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	176.69/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,217	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,298	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	966	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	202.67/cwt	200.00–203.00	944	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	216.06/cwt	214.00–219.00	825	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,129	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	160.49/cwt	156.00–163.75	1,075	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	156.22/cwt	151.00–160.00	903	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	969	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,050	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	811	8
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	1,950.00/cwt	1,950.00–1,950.00	20,943	25
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	2,126.04/cwt	2,025.00–2,200.00	26,384	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	16,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	171.17/cwt	167.00–175.00	977	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	182.95/cwt	180.00–185.00	809	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	847	135.39/cwt	134.00–135.50	1,147	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	734	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,035	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	789	137.35/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,084	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	160.17/cwt	158.00–162.00	849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	151.51/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,076	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	163.31/cwt	158.50–166.00	999	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	904	125.71/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,136	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	148.50/cwt	146.25–149.50	1,010	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	839	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,133	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	181.43/cwt	181.00–183.00	865	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	187.97/cwt	186.00–192.00	726	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	177.12/cwt	175.00–179.00	955	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	401	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	730	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	408	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	702	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	554	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	685	165.52/cwt	165.00–166.50	1,134	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	492	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	841	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	501	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,154	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	716	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,346	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,177	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	165.61/cwt	164.00–170.00	833	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	897	6

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 3,390Last week 3,040Year ago 3,000

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 0Year ago 109

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	527	199.00–200.00	199.68
212	—	817	147.00–152.25	150.48
19	—	919	136.00	136.00
17	—	419	214.00	214.00
16	—	611	179.00–184.00	182.15
43	—	771	151.00–157.00	154.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	615	198.50–202.50	199.66
44	—	501	230.25	230.25
34	—	716	188.00	188.00
26	—	558	211.00	211.00
5	—	407	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	751	162.00	162.00
14	—	334	230.00	230.00
9	—	522	207.50	207.50
94	—	586	194.00–203.50	200.58
17	—	390	223.00–234.00	229.57
258	—	857	154.75	154.75
148	—	712	170.50–178.10	174.93
57	—	689	174.00–183.50	176.69
52	—	810	160.25	160.25
20	—	441	219.00	219.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	550	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	837	141.00	141.00
6	—	538	188.00	188.00
6	—	377	190.00	190.00
45	—	485	189.00–193.00	191.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	642	195.00–197.00	195.88
7	—	702	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	466	200.00–203.00	202.67
17	—	382	214.00–219.00	216.06
12	—	617	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	530	170.00	170.00
43	—	578	151.00–160.00	156.22
7	—	969	126.00	126.00
7	—	647	151.00	151.00
138	—	847	134.00–135.50	135.39
10	—	734	141.00	141.00
133	—	789	134.50–138.00	137.35
17	—	904	125.00–127.00	125.71
6	—	450	174.00	174.00
41	—	680	146.25–149.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
297	—	670	156.00–163.75	160.49
120	—	571	167.00–175.00	171.17
36	—	442	180.00–185.00	182.95
209	—	710	149.00–155.00	151.51
66	—	612	158.50–166.00	163.31
49	—	477	181.00–183.00	181.43
50	—	386	186.00–192.00	187.97
32	—	539	175.00–179.00	177.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	602	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	530	158.00–162.00	160.17
15	—	392	167.50	167.50
5	—	293	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	839	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	395	181.00	181.00
28	—	401	182.00	182.00
19	—	503	164.00–170.00	165.61
6	—	606	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	408	172.00	172.00
6	—	554	166.00	166.00
26	—	492	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	685	165.00–166.50	165.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	189.00	189.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,074	1,950.00	1,950.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,241	2,025.00–2,200.00	2,126.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,267	1,285.00	1,285.00

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