Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2022-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower, the heifers 450-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $204.38/cwt on 2,491 head.

Average price

$204.38

2,491 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$265

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

$12.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	483	216.18	1,045	98
Medium and Large 1	643	203.90	1,310	2,393

One grade step is worth $12.29/cwt here — about −$265 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 sale2,491 hd

204.38

—

NE average9 barns · 17,220 hd

204.25

+0.13

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

43 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 1-2Unweaned	—	538	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	212.04/cwt	211.00–214.00	802	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	172.20/cwt	169.00–173.00	1,252	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	204.56/cwt	198.00–210.50	968	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	171.87/cwt	171.75–172.00	1,155	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	204.40/cwt	197.00–206.00	1,104	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	233.02/cwt	226.00–239.00	995	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	311	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	187.33/cwt	183.50–190.50	1,285	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	200.32/cwt	198.00–201.00	1,212	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	694	175.45/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,218	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	198.49/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,147	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	973	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	736	178.25/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,312	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	228.68/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,093	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,647	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	559	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,261	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	266	712.17/head	700.00–725.00	712	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	388	236.37/cwt	235.00–239.00	917	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	379	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	917	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	193.26/cwt	188.00–199.50	1,426	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	216.80/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,264	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	221.59/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,172	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	202.79/cwt	198.50–206.50	1,288	544
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,088	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	207.86/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,361	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	189.45/cwt	185.00–191.25	1,296	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	905	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,584	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	788	177.66/cwt	176.25–180.00	1,400	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	311	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	471	217.42/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,024	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	191.53/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,025	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	189.51/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,078	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	173.77/cwt	167.00–177.00	1,163	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	213.67/cwt	210.00–217.00	893	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	347	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	756	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	188.85/cwt	188.00–190.50	1,190	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	188.85/cwt	174.50–196.00	1,165	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	194.75/cwt	181.50–204.50	1,106	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	681	177.83/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,211	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	811	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,393	72

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 Dec 10, 2022

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

Receipts 4,224Last week 4,380Year ago 3,818

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	378	211.00–214.00	212.04
25	—	727	169.00–173.00	172.20
63	—	473	198.00–210.50	204.56
66	—	672	171.75–172.00	171.87
246	—	540	197.00–206.00	204.40
259	—	617	174.50–196.00	188.85
260	—	568	181.50–204.50	194.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	601	181.00	181.00
38	—	535	190.00–198.00	191.53
50	—	569	184.00–197.00	189.51
172	—	669	167.00–177.00	173.77
23	—	418	210.00–217.00	213.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
6	—	311	650.00	650.00
36	—	347	218.00	218.00
72	—	811	171.75	171.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	681	177.00–180.00	177.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	427	226.00–239.00	233.02
108	—	686	183.50–190.50	187.33
10	—	534	206.00	206.00
68	—	605	198.00–201.00	200.32
52	—	578	195.00–200.00	198.49
53	—	736	177.00–179.00	178.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	311	250.00	250.00
13	—	266	700.00–725.00	712.17
39	—	379	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	694	172.00–177.00	175.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	468	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	478	226.00–232.00	228.68
127	—	890	185.00	185.00
212	—	738	188.00–199.50	193.26
185	—	583	212.00–219.00	216.80
230	—	529	214.00–227.00	221.59
544	—	635	198.50–206.50	202.79
403	—	655	205.00–210.00	207.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	559	225.50	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	388	235.00–239.00	236.37
32	—	471	215.00–218.00	217.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	732	179.50	179.50
24	—	684	185.00–191.25	189.45
27	—	905	175.00	175.00
80	—	788	176.25–180.00	177.66
48	—	630	188.00–190.50	188.85

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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