Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $209.80/cwt on 2,529 head.

Average price

$209.80

2,529 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$22.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	210.07	1,312	2,498
Medium and Large 1-2	588	187.44	1,101	31

One grade step is worth $22.64/cwt here — about $211 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 sale2,529 hd

209.80

—

NE average4 barns · 6,920 hd

207.18

+2.62

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

46 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 1	—	624	209.46/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,307	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,692	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	203.48/cwt	195.00–206.00	1,294	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	200.38/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,310	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	198.51/cwt	190.00–199.50	1,425	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	194.75/cwt	192.00–196.50	1,377	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	700	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,183	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	374	231.09/cwt	229.00–233.00	864	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	648	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,277	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	445	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	975	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	209.78/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,072	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	580	195.65/cwt	193.50–196.00	1,135	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	464	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	909	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,000	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,815	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	199.48/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,343	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	529	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,319	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	216.82/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,136	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	211.97/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,217	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,196	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	235.02/cwt	228.50–239.00	1,123	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	183.04/cwt	176.00–188.00	1,212	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	182.40/cwt	176.00–187.00	1,122	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	198.29/cwt	196.00–199.50	1,152	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	527	230.05/cwt	229.50–230.50	1,212	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	528	183.64/cwt	180.00–185.00	970	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	179.30/cwt	178.00–180.50	1,027	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	242.98/cwt	242.00–245.50	1,057	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,317	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	187.88/cwt	182.25–191.00	1,090	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	618	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,044	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	819	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,376	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,384	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	223.45/cwt	220.00–228.50	1,256	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	186.07/cwt	182.00–188.50	1,180	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,479	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	206.79/cwt	199.00–210.50	974	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,623	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	192.87/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,007	216

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 Nov 26, 2022

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

Receipts 4,670Last week 2,362Year ago 4,760

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	624	202.00–212.00	209.46
108	—	872	194.00	194.00
98	—	718	190.00–199.50	198.51
19	—	431	232.00	232.00
60	—	980	185.25	185.25
76	—	673	195.50–203.00	199.48
123	—	524	210.00–225.00	216.82
221	—	574	208.00–214.00	211.97
80	—	478	228.50–239.00	235.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
420	—	636	195.00–206.00	203.48
103	—	654	200.00–201.00	200.38
200	—	707	192.00–196.50	194.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	700	171.00	171.00
7	—	674	175.50	175.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	205.00	205.00
7	—	672	178.00	178.00
5	—	365	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	203.00	203.00
6	—	713	185.00	185.00
51	—	581	196.00–199.50	198.29
16	—	610	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	527	229.50–230.50	230.05
44	—	435	242.00–245.50	242.98
108	—	614	214.50	214.50
82	—	659	210.00	210.00
226	—	562	220.00–228.50	223.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	374	229.00–233.00	231.09
65	—	648	197.00	197.00
74	—	445	219.00	219.00
110	—	511	207.50–212.00	209.78
179	—	580	193.50–196.00	195.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	196.00	196.00
57	—	528	180.00–185.00	183.64
102	—	573	178.00–180.50	179.30
11	—	618	169.00	169.00
14	—	819	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	662	176.00–188.00	183.04
219	—	615	176.00–187.00	182.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
253	—	580	182.25–191.00	187.88
6	—	368	212.00	212.00
109	—	634	182.00–188.50	186.07
7	—	421	206.00	206.00
117	—	791	187.00	187.00
121	—	471	199.00–210.50	206.79
62	—	882	184.00	184.00
216	—	522	190.00–197.00	192.87

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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