Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, the yearling heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.45/cwt on 2,132 head.

Average price

$190.45

2,132 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$15.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.88

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	191.78	1,189	1,946
Medium and Large 1-2	525	176.60	928	186

One grade step is worth $15.17/cwt here — about $261 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 sale2,132 hd

190.45

—

NE average9 barns · 8,697 hd

185.57

+4.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,198	$1,445	20
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,385	$1,229	100

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	504	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,101	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	498	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,056	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	767	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,308	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,462	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	203.77/cwt	196.00–208.00	882	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,301	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	368	225.76/cwt	225.00–228.00	831	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	546	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,087	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	206.31/cwt	199.00–207.00	1,261	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,122	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	208.24/cwt	200.25–211.75	1,191	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	208.87/cwt	204.00–217.00	975	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	188.09/cwt	187.00–191.00	1,078	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,499	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	245.58/cwt	245.00–246.00	845	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	242.27/cwt	239.50–246.00	1,044	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	1,238	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,326	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	422	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	234.00/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,095	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	206.54/cwt	199.50–213.50	1,086	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	538	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	968	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	708	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,317	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	787	184.83/cwt	184.75–185.00	1,455	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	670	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,377	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	225.57/cwt	222.75–227.25	1,173	372
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	186.89/cwt	181.50–192.00	1,062	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	194.98/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,000	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	228.02/cwt	226.00–230.00	780	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	786	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,456	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,055	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	170.88/cwt	168.00–173.00	919	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	639	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,118	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	213.76/cwt	209.00–217.00	793	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	180.54/cwt	179.00–181.00	849	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	171.65/cwt	168.50–172.00	1,560	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,114	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	194.06/cwt	188.00–199.00	914	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	168.09/cwt	166.00–171.00	967	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	188.98/cwt	188.00–192.00	833	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,239	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,445.00/head	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,445	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	1,239.18/head	1,210.00–1,260.00	1,239	81
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,370	1,185.00/head	1,185.00–1,185.00	1,185	19

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 Oct 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,924Last week 3,290Year ago 2,158

Replacement CattleReceipts 120Last week 0Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	504	218.50	218.50
102	—	498	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	767	170.50	170.50
45	—	712	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	827	176.75	176.75
238	—	433	196.00–208.00	203.77
184	—	715	182.00	182.00
166	—	568	181.50–192.00	186.89
140	—	513	185.00–199.00	194.98
32	—	342	226.00–230.00	228.02
44	—	371	209.00–217.00	213.76
71	—	909	168.50–172.00	171.65
190	—	471	188.00–199.00	194.06
7	—	985	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	538	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	708	186.00	186.00
204	—	787	184.75–185.00	184.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	786	185.25	185.25
104	—	512	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	538	168.00–173.00	170.88
13	—	381	183.00	183.00
34	—	470	179.00–181.00	180.54
9	—	671	166.00	166.00
43	—	575	166.00–171.00	168.09
24	—	441	188.00–192.00	188.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	639	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	368	225.00–228.00	225.76
19	—	546	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	611	199.00–207.00	206.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	600	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	572	200.25–211.75	208.24
76	—	765	196.00	196.00
24	—	344	245.00–246.00	245.58
114	—	431	239.50–246.00	242.27
22	—	696	190.50	190.50
253	—	468	225.00–238.00	234.00
133	—	526	199.50–213.50	206.54
8	—	378	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	467	204.00–217.00	208.87
38	—	573	187.00–191.00	188.09
8	—	501	188.00	188.00
10	—	701	184.50	184.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	562	220.25	220.25
97	—	670	205.50	205.50
372	—	520	222.75–227.25	225.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	422	231.00	231.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	—	1,198	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,445.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	81	—	1,388	1,210.00–1,260.00	1,239.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	—	1,370	1,185.00	1,185.00

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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