Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $200.47/cwt on 1,854 head.

Average price

$200.47

1,854 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$18.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	201.83	1,443	1,716
Medium and Large 1-2	738	183.53	1,354	138

One grade step is worth $18.30/cwt here — about $89 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 sale1,854 hd

200.47

—

NE average7 barns · 6,171 hd

211.58

−11.11

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

57 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	—	479	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,011	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,153	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,001	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,319	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,309	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,272	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	189.94/cwt	188.50–193.50	999	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	199.79/cwt	195.00–201.50	1,470	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	225.52/cwt	219.00–227.50	1,067	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	176.23/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,188	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	247.80/cwt	245.00–255.00	835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	178.61/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,202	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	230.57/cwt	229.00–234.00	715	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,726	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,103	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	185.48/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,068	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	178.85/cwt	178.85–178.85	1,676	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	173.50/cwt	173.00–173.75	1,853	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	185.68/cwt	180.25–191.50	1,612	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	201.81/cwt	197.00–204.00	1,146	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,523	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	206.11/cwt	204.00–208.00	1,094	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,733	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,589	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,494	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	189.62/cwt	187.00–191.50	1,054	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	853	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,407	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	509	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	1,032	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	414	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	890	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	616	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,189	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	173.54/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,529	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	225.10/cwt	221.00–228.00	736	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	174.31/cwt	170.00–175.25	1,459	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	207.43/cwt	203.00–210.00	877	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,024	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,234	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	596	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,073	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	164.35/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,607	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,041	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,624	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	651	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,184	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	538	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,194	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	821	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	832	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,516	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	198.13/cwt	196.50–205.00	939	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	170.91/cwt	168.00–173.00	1,555	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	171.51/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,161	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,615	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	213.83/cwt	210.50–215.50	1,212	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	252.57/cwt	240.00–257.00	937	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	230.29/cwt	225.00–231.00	988	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	169.08/cwt	165.00–171.75	1,057	51

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 Sep 17, 2022

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

Receipts 3,290Last week 3,207Year ago 2,295

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	479	211.00	211.00
5	—	688	176.00	176.00
15	—	579	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	465	248.00	248.00
25	—	407	246.00	246.00
103	—	538	222.00	222.00
134	—	567	210.50–215.50	213.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	704	186.00	186.00
22	—	310	229.00–234.00	230.57
20	—	1,101	156.75	156.75
34	—	576	185.00–186.00	185.48
7	—	940	169.00	169.00
30	—	973	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	633	201.00	201.00
79	—	736	195.00–201.50	199.79
120	—	473	219.00–227.50	225.52
27	—	337	245.00–255.00	247.80
69	—	937	178.85	178.85
156	—	1,068	173.00–173.75	173.50
396	—	868	180.25–191.50	185.68
23	—	568	197.00–204.00	201.81
21	—	789	193.00	193.00
52	—	531	204.00–208.00	206.11
124	—	963	180.00	180.00
33	—	801	186.50	186.50
35	—	371	240.00–257.00	252.57
59	—	429	225.00–231.00	230.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	673	174.00–184.00	178.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	776	170.00	170.00
7	—	1,024	162.50	162.50
48	—	526	188.50–193.50	189.94
33	—	674	173.00–179.00	176.23
44	—	556	187.00–191.50	189.62
46	—	881	170.00–175.50	173.54
46	—	327	221.00–228.00	225.10
58	—	837	170.00–175.25	174.31
72	—	423	203.00–210.00	207.43
21	—	701	176.00	176.00
53	—	978	163.00–165.00	164.35
20	—	368	223.00	223.00
122	—	474	196.50–205.00	198.13
99	—	910	168.00–173.00	170.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	853	165.00	165.00
32	—	1,041	156.00	156.00
7	—	651	168.00	168.00
6	—	1,184	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	509	202.75	202.75
50	—	414	215.00	215.00
11	—	616	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	323	212.00	212.00
37	—	558	183.50	183.50
28	—	677	170.00–172.00	171.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	596	180.00	180.00
4	—	686	165.00	165.00
51	—	625	165.00–171.75	169.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	832	182.25	182.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	669	164.50	164.50

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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