Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower except 700-800 lbs steers selling 3.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.78/cwt on 1,790 head.

Average price

$197.78

1,790 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	202.75	1,472	1,303
Large 1	671	188.00	1,261	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	738	184.37	1,360	474

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $111 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 sale1,790 hd

197.78

—

NE average7 barns · 9,680 hd

201.16

−3.38

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

54 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	—	637	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	706	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,306	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	502	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,135	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	185.21/cwt	184.00–190.50	1,543	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	203.40/cwt	201.50–204.00	1,454	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	183.78/cwt	183.50–184.00	1,608	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	198.92/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,353	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	190.53/cwt	189.00–192.00	1,200	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	240.23/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,273	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,185	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,608	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	837	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	191.97/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,472	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	407	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,252	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	822	177.00/cwt	176.50–177.25	1,455	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	697	189.50/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,321	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	604	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,220	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	223.81/cwt	223.00–228.00	1,320	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	604	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,164	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	727	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,232	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,099	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,311	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	522	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,143	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	187.34/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,178	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,396	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	485	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	888	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	376	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	711	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	674	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,249	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,345	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	963	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,188	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	617	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,219	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	529	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,116	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	739	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,408	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	205.19/cwt	201.00–206.50	1,110	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	176.30/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,275	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	195.14/cwt	194.00–197.00	857	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	832	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,456	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	606	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	1,410	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	241.45/cwt	241.00–241.75	1,427	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	671	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,429	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,013	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	753	9
Steers	Large 1	—	671	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,261	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	690	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,190	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	786	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,399	16

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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 3,003Last week 3,144Year ago 2,803

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	201.00	201.00
14	—	706	185.00	185.00
10	—	502	226.00	226.00
9	—	832	175.00	175.00
16	—	786	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	833	184.00–190.50	185.21
123	—	715	201.50–204.00	203.40
118	—	875	183.50–184.00	183.78
96	—	680	196.00–201.00	198.92
31	—	530	236.00–241.00	240.23
19	—	443	267.50	267.50
8	—	946	170.00	170.00
12	—	316	265.00	265.00
407	—	767	187.00–194.00	191.97
37	—	590	223.00–228.00	223.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	630	189.00–192.00	190.53
12	—	527	199.00	199.00
5	—	659	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	407	272.50	272.50
15	—	525	238.50	238.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	822	176.50–177.25	177.00
161	—	697	189.00–190.00	189.50
45	—	604	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	606	232.75	232.75
136	—	591	241.00–241.75	241.45
41	—	671	213.00	213.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	671	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	690	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	167.00	167.00
5	—	674	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	677	172.00	172.00
17	—	727	169.50	169.50
16	—	591	186.00	186.00
7	—	809	162.00	162.00
43	—	750	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	522	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	629	184.00–194.00	187.34
140	—	807	173.00	173.00
24	—	784	171.50	171.50
21	—	447	215.50	215.50
18	—	651	182.50	182.50
46	—	541	201.00–206.50	205.19
212	—	723	176.00–178.00	176.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	485	183.00	183.00
25	—	376	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	483	192.00	192.00
6	—	522	191.00	191.00
15	—	286	650.00	650.00
13	—	439	194.00–197.00	195.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	617	197.50	197.50
36	—	529	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	739	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	478	212.00	212.00
9	—	371	203.00	203.00

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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