Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 500 lbs sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.45/cwt on 400 head.

Average price

$219.45

400 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$19.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	219.89	1,407	391
Medium and Large 1-2	671	200.50	1,345	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.39/cwt here — about $62 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 sale400 hd

219.45

—

NE average6 barns · 6,159 hd

228.99

−9.53

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,457	$1,650	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,242	$2,679	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,409	$1,815	88
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,086	$2,402	62

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	579	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,427	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	496	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,300	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,040	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,209	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	224.16/cwt	219.00–228.50	1,401	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	725	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,584	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,103	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,325	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,575	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	230.96/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,649	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,365	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	789	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,649	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	618	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	606	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,597	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,642	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,121	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	671	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,345	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	204.75/cwt	197.50–209.00	1,503	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	210.95/cwt	208.50–215.00	1,382	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	233.56/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,095	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	234.67/cwt	230.00–236.50	1,354	34
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,164	2,437.98/head	2,375.00–2,600.00	2,438	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,457	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	2,678.95/head	2,550.00–2,800.00	2,679	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,406	1,845.83/head	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,846	68
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,420	1,708.45/head	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,708	20
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	2,378.83/head	2,360.00–2,400.00	2,379	38

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 May 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,074Last week 3,468Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 218Last week 30Year ago 753

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	246.50	246.50
14	—	496	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	260.00	260.00
9	—	416	250.00	250.00
14	—	478	253.00	253.00
54	—	625	219.00–228.50	224.16
112	—	734	197.50–209.00	204.75
111	—	655	208.50–215.00	210.95
34	—	577	230.00–236.50	234.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	789	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	671	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	469	232.00–235.00	233.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	725	218.50	218.50
5	—	618	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	387	285.00	285.00
13	—	593	223.50	223.50
11	—	404	277.50	277.50
5	—	530	242.50	242.50
5	—	761	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	562	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	591	266.50	266.50
153	—	714	230.00–240.50	230.96
39	—	501	272.50	272.50
37	—	654	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	606	263.50	263.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,164	2,375.00–2,600.00	2,437.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,036	2,360.00–2,400.00	2,378.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,457	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,242	2,550.00–2,800.00	2,678.95
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,406	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,845.83
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,420	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,708.45

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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