Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $221.99/cwt on 2,062 head.

Average price

$221.99

2,062 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$481

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

$4.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	222.03	1,485	2,042
Medium and Large 1-2	461	217.76	1,004	20

One grade step is worth $4.27/cwt here — about $481 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 sale2,062 hd

221.99

—

NE average8 barns · 10,767 hd

206.76

+15.23

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	—	754	190.15/cwt	187.50–191.50	1,434	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	666	215.74/cwt	213.00–216.75	1,437	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	635	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,486	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,556	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	588	226.40/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,331	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,543	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	491	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,269	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,454	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	504	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,270	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	201.89/cwt	197.50–204.00	1,462	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	244.12/cwt	241.00–249.50	1,279	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	201.45/cwt	197.50–207.00	1,376	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	717	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,527	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	186.98/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,614	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	766	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,519	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	246.38/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,387	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	206.25/cwt	199.00–208.00	1,207	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	496	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,037	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	208.43/cwt	207.00–209.00	1,280	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	538	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,205	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	674	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,321	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,131	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,206	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,103	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	234.49/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,367	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	523	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,313	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	633	237.37/cwt	236.50–239.50	1,503	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	495	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,183	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	195.80/cwt	192.50–198.00	1,222	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,104	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	213.68/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,032	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	226.35/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,399	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	708	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,409	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	613	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,238	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	177.00/cwt	176.00–179.50	1,365	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	217.35/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,143	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,499	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	502	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,024	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	189.26/cwt	183.00–191.50	1,266	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,285	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	877	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	667	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,274	15

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 Mar 4, 2023

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

Receipts 3,395Last week 3,003Year ago 3,963

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	754	187.50–191.50	190.15
54	—	841	183.50	183.50
208	—	724	197.50–204.00	201.89
101	—	524	241.00–249.50	244.12
33	—	683	197.50–207.00	201.45
91	—	863	180.00–188.50	186.98
10	—	440	257.00	257.00
25	—	583	231.00–239.00	234.49
83	—	618	219.00–229.00	226.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	666	213.00–216.75	215.74
85	—	635	234.00	234.00
35	—	491	258.50	258.50
79	—	717	213.00	213.00
67	—	766	198.25	198.25
54	—	563	246.00–247.00	246.38
33	—	523	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
332	—	713	218.25	218.25
242	—	633	236.50–239.50	237.37
77	—	685	220.00	220.00
128	—	588	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	588	226.00–227.00	226.40
9	—	495	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	601	242.00	242.00
27	—	504	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	230.00	230.00
15	—	483	213.00–214.00	213.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	383	225.00	225.00
77	—	585	199.00–208.00	206.25
251	—	624	192.50–198.00	195.80
52	—	771	176.00–179.50	177.00
53	—	526	217.00–220.00	217.35
82	—	669	183.00–191.50	189.26
54	—	704	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	496	209.00	209.00
12	—	502	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
334	—	614	207.00–209.00	208.43
30	—	538	224.00	224.00
82	—	674	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	580	208.00	208.00
30	—	505	218.50	218.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	624	177.00	177.00
5	—	525	190.00	190.00
18	—	430	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	708	199.00	199.00
15	—	667	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	613	202.00	202.00

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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