Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady on the comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to 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 $209.56/cwt on 571 head.

Average price

$209.56

571 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.53

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	209.56	1,181	571

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale571 hd

209.56

—

NE average11 barns · 13,945 hd

206.03

+3.53

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

23 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,061	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	538	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,076	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	565	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,099	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,187	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,425	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	186.53/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,065	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,282	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	200.52/cwt	193.00–207.00	1,231	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	212.14/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,141	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	211.02/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,228	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,172	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	223.53/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,044	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	235.15/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,013	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	187.02/cwt	184.00–187.50	1,004	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	590	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,151	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	200.28/cwt	195.00–207.00	841	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	193.21/cwt	190.00–197.50	931	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	446	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	847	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	450	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	988	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,125	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

Sat Oct 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,096Last week 3,147Year ago 2,404

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady on the comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	606	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	538	200.00	200.00
23	—	565	194.50	194.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	698	170.00	170.00
38	—	814	175.00	175.00
182	—	571	181.00–192.00	186.53
41	—	537	184.00–187.50	187.02
51	—	420	195.00–207.00	200.28
56	—	482	190.00–197.50	193.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	446	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	450	202.00	202.00
40	—	508	194.50	194.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	664	193.00	193.00
92	—	614	193.00–207.00	200.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	538	210.00–222.00	212.14
117	—	582	207.00–215.00	211.02
44	—	467	220.00–227.00	223.53
50	—	431	226.00–241.00	235.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	505	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	583	189.00	189.00
7	—	650	175.00	175.00
6	—	608	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	590	195.00	195.00

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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