Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.31/cwt on 1,674 head.

Average price

$169.31

1,674 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$6.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	830	170.11	1,412	1,473
Medium and Large 1-2	815	163.41	1,331	201

One grade step is worth $6.71/cwt here — about $80 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 sale1,674 hd

169.31

—

NE average8 barns · 8,103 hd

175.91

−6.60

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

28 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 1Fleshy	—	916	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,420	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,009	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,514	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,349	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,039	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,505	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,422	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	454	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,096	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,378	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	887	164.38/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,458	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	978	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	585	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	748	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,309	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,056	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	980	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,487	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	183.03/cwt	182.00–183.50	1,574	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,004	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,609	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,525	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	185.43/cwt	184.50–186.50	1,335	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	165.27/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,433	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	785	168.13/cwt	167.00–169.50	1,320	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	183.39/cwt	178.00–187.10	1,693	772
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	843	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,265	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	184.16/cwt	184.00–184.25	1,239	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,366	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,296	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	722	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,541	156

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 Aug 6, 2022

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

Receipts 3,242Last week 3,480Year ago 3,206

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	916	155.00	155.00
98	—	1,009	150.00	150.00
280	—	780	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,039	143.00	143.00
8	—	843	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	965	156.00	156.00
144	—	790	180.00	180.00
197	—	720	184.50–186.50	185.43
464	—	867	163.00–173.00	165.27
62	—	673	184.00–184.25	184.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	593	178.00	178.00
7	—	686	174.00	174.00
125	—	843	162.00	162.00
46	—	776	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	426	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	454	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	737	187.00	187.00
39	—	817	182.00	182.00
213	—	860	182.00–183.50	183.03
772	—	923	178.00–187.10	183.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	887	162.00–165.00	164.38
5	—	978	151.00	151.00
5	—	585	195.00	195.00
18	—	748	175.00	175.00
11	—	785	167.00–169.50	168.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,004	160.25	160.25
75	—	875	174.25	174.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	722	213.50	213.50

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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