Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 550-650 lbs and 700-750 lbs sold 6.00 higher with all other weights over 650 lbs selling 4.00 lower. Heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.54/cwt on 1,589 head.

Average price

$193.54

1,589 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$11.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	193.90	1,190	1,541
Medium and Large 1-2	509	182.26	928	48

One grade step is worth $11.64/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 sale1,589 hd

193.54

—

NE average9 barns · 12,883 hd

185.96

+7.59

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

45 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	—	681	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,335	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	199.13/cwt	198.25–200.00	1,211	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	743	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	419	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	188.81/cwt	188.50–189.00	1,624	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,358	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	202.23/cwt	200.50–203.00	1,353	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,001	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,622	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	659	192.76/cwt	185.00–194.50	1,270	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	185.70/cwt	182.00–188.50	1,536	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,385	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,490	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	246.76/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,145	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	243.69/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,389	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	408	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	199.48/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,430	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,094	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	210.46/cwt	208.00–211.00	991	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	180.62/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,234	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	558	215.25/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,201	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	494	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	227.84/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,333	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	997	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	189.36/cwt	184.00–193.00	1,176	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	175.73/cwt	174.00–176.50	1,378	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	712	211.25/cwt	211.25–211.25	1,504	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,423	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,430	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	466	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	589	190.38/cwt	189.50–191.00	1,121	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	206.24/cwt	205.75–207.50	1,161	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	186.21/cwt	185.00–190.00	873	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	654	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,236	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	181.82/cwt	181.00–182.00	1,300	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	542	192.92/cwt	192.50–193.50	1,046	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	208.86/cwt	206.00–210.50	994	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	200.79/cwt	198.50–208.00	1,046	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	367	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	771	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	200.03/cwt	197.75–201.50	1,162	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	901	10

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 Feb 18, 2023

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

Receipts 3,144Last week 0Year ago 3,404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	681	196.00	196.00
66	—	608	198.25–200.00	199.13
159	—	563	205.75–207.50	206.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	180.00	180.00
5	—	772	167.50	167.50
6	—	743	172.50	172.50
12	—	997	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	205.00	205.00
7	—	466	198.00	198.00
12	—	589	189.50–191.00	190.38
12	—	542	192.50–193.50	192.92
40	—	367	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	683	175.00–184.00	180.62
266	—	621	184.00–193.00	189.36
94	—	784	174.00–176.50	175.73
133	—	715	181.00–182.00	181.82
59	—	476	206.00–210.50	208.86
188	—	521	198.50–208.00	200.79
189	—	581	197.75–201.50	200.03
10	—	429	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	174.00	174.00
20	—	532	181.00	181.00
21	—	469	185.00–190.00	186.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	654	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	860	188.50–189.00	188.81
44	—	645	210.50	210.50
73	—	669	200.50–203.00	202.23
118	—	827	182.00–188.50	185.70
90	—	783	190.25	190.25
38	—	464	243.00–248.00	246.76
223	—	717	196.00–202.00	199.48
41	—	585	225.00–229.00	227.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,001	162.00	162.00
78	—	659	185.00–194.50	192.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	661	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	495	255.00	255.00
250	—	570	237.00–247.50	243.69
6	—	408	280.00	280.00
16	—	712	211.25	211.25
21	—	659	216.00	216.00
32	—	601	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	567	193.00	193.00
57	—	471	208.00–211.00	210.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	558	207.00–217.00	215.25
6	—	494	222.00	222.00

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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