Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd within an active market offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.59/cwt on 617 head.

Average price

$181.59

617 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$15.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	182.39	1,414	585
Medium and Large 1-2	718	167.01	1,200	32

One grade step is worth $15.38/cwt here — about $214 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 sale617 hd

181.59

—

NE average5 barns · 3,011 hd

181.81

−0.22

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

38 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	—	476	201.50/cwt	201.00–203.00	959	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	172.23/cwt	170.00–174.00	977	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,034	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	154.97/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,046	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	164.92/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,105	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	218.96/cwt	217.00–219.50	1,222	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	992	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	842	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	886	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	167.16/cwt	166.50–170.00	1,284	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	147.45/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,368	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	545	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,194	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	649	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,298	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,340	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,528	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	919	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,413	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	177.11/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,307	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	752	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,254	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	225.13/cwt	224.00–226.50	1,171	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	987	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,651	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	160.85/cwt	157.00–162.50	1,255	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	915	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,209	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	150.93/cwt	150.50–152.50	1,236	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	196.86/cwt	196.00–198.00	935	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	601	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	992	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,170	25

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 Jun 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,303Last week 2,518Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd within an active market offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	476	201.00–203.00	201.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	567	170.00–174.00	172.23
50	—	670	164.00–166.00	164.92
18	—	601	165.00	165.00
25	—	736	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	183.00	183.00
19	—	608	170.00	170.00
5	—	448	187.00	187.00
91	—	780	157.00–162.50	160.85
32	—	726	166.50	166.50
84	—	819	150.50–152.50	150.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	675	154.00–157.00	154.97
8	—	826	139.50	139.50
7	—	364	172.00	172.00
6	—	756	148.00	148.00
13	—	572	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	192.00	192.00
41	—	752	166.75	166.75
53	—	475	196.00–198.00	196.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	400	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	558	217.00–219.50	218.96
9	—	545	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	220.00	220.00
5	—	388	217.00	217.00
5	—	445	215.00	215.00
47	—	768	166.50–170.00	167.16
8	—	676	187.00	187.00
39	—	915	167.00	167.00
68	—	871	162.25	162.25
90	—	738	170.00–179.00	177.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	928	145.00–150.00	147.45
11	—	497	185.00	185.00
5	—	535	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	649	200.00	200.00
31	—	713	188.00	188.00
48	—	520	224.00–226.50	225.13
151	—	987	167.25	167.25

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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