Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder calf sale in a month 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 $211.10/cwt on 1,941 head.

Average price

$211.10

1,941 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$18.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	212.16	1,287	1,832
Medium and Large 1-2	572	193.34	1,106	109

One grade step is worth $18.82/cwt here — about $181 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 sale1,941 hd

211.10

—

NE average9 barns · 15,382 hd

202.88

+8.22

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	—	686	188.33/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,292	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	582	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,048	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,017	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	763	178.75/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,364	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	522	241.33/cwt	240.00–244.50	1,260	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	220.69/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,183	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	796	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	223.81/cwt	220.50–225.50	1,312	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	296	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	188.17/cwt	186.50–191.00	1,383	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	195.63/cwt	191.00–196.50	1,146	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,295	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	335	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	868	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	237.45/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	672	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,415	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,442	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,529	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	201.87/cwt	201.00–202.50	1,292	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	233.74/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,204	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	623	215.06/cwt	215.00–215.50	1,340	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	207.53/cwt	204.00–210.00	963	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	178.91/cwt	175.50–182.00	1,190	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	209.33/cwt	199.00–212.00	1,124	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	431	203.04/cwt	202.00–205.00	875	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	171.86/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,163	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	205.28/cwt	203.00–207.00	1,143	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	413	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,020	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,148	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	194.42/cwt	192.00–196.00	1,328	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	234.76/cwt	230.00–238.00	890	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	225.53/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,076	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	213	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,238	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	473	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	181.68/cwt	181.00–182.00	1,217	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	233.80/cwt	225.00–237.00	987	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,020	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	707	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	192.95/cwt	191.00–194.00	843	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	728	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	565	205.28/cwt	204.00–206.00	1,160	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	472	212.18/cwt	212.00–213.00	1,001	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	545	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,030	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	701	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	193.55/cwt	187.00–196.00	1,101	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	913	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	396	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	752	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	515	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	932	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	201.37/cwt	199.00–203.00	759	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	854	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	685.00/head	685.00–685.00	685	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	1,024	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,141	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	174.73/cwt	171.50–176.25	1,279	35

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 Jan 7, 2023

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

Receipts 3,645Last week 0Year ago 4,201

First reported feeder calf sale in a month 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
81	—	686	185.00–189.00	188.33
20	—	763	178.00–179.00	178.75
6	—	728	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	582	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	475	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	522	240.00–244.50	241.33
24	—	413	247.00	247.00
48	—	460	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	536	211.00–227.00	220.69
137	—	586	220.50–225.50	223.81
160	—	735	186.50–191.00	188.17
78	—	769	187.50	187.50
72	—	823	185.75	185.75
138	—	640	201.00–202.50	201.87
217	—	683	192.00–196.00	194.42
38	—	379	230.00–238.00	234.76
94	—	477	219.00–231.00	225.53
69	—	422	225.00–237.00	233.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	381	209.00	209.00
15	—	230	500.00	500.00
55	—	586	191.00–196.50	195.63
6	—	736	176.00	176.00
5	—	517	203.00	203.00
5	—	483	194.00	194.00
16	—	670	181.00–182.00	181.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
60	—	296	760.00	760.00
13	—	335	259.00	259.00
10	—	471	235.00–240.00	237.45
80	—	672	210.50	210.50
36	—	515	233.00–235.00	233.74
134	—	623	215.00–215.50	215.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	565	204.00–206.00	205.28
27	—	472	212.00–213.00	212.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	464	204.00–210.00	207.53
171	—	665	175.50–182.00	178.91
139	—	537	199.00–212.00	209.33
21	—	326	215.00	215.00
183	—	569	187.00–196.00	193.55
71	—	304	685.00	685.00
24	—	612	186.50	186.50
35	—	732	171.50–176.25	174.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	431	202.00–205.00	203.04
31	—	545	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	677	169.00–174.00	171.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	557	203.00–207.00	205.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
28	—	213	600.00	600.00
35	—	405	225.50	225.50
73	—	467	219.25	219.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	669	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	172.00	172.00
28	—	345	205.00	205.00
17	—	437	191.00–194.00	192.95
19	—	377	199.00–203.00	201.37
19	—	485	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	396	190.00	190.00
13	—	515	181.00	181.00

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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