Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend, however a higher undertone was noted for both the feeder cattle and replacement cattle. 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 $268.92/cwt on 413 head.

Average price

$268.92

413 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$77.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	279.21	1,432	310
Medium and Large 1-2	534	244.19	1,305	88
Medium and Large 2-3	544	201.40	1,095	15thin

One grade step is worth $77.81/cwt here — about $338 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 sale413 hd

268.92

—

NE average3 barns · 857 hd

241.27

+27.65

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,394	$1,735	69
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,324	$1,675	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,398	$2,994	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,593	$2,885	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,755	$2,244	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,307	$1,733	38
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$2,471	35

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Fancy	—	514	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,591	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,823	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,619	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,547	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	279	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,311	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	403	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,132	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	567	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,514	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	251.53/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,298	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	259.95/cwt	257.00–262.50	1,211	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,490	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	796	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,449	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,115	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,126	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,659	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,264	1,560.20/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,560	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,451	3,067.70/head	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,068	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,541	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,122	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,593	2,885.00/head	2,885.00–2,885.00	2,885	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,186	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,755	2,244.08/head	2,200.00–2,275.00	2,244	15
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	2,470.74/head	2,300.00–2,785.00	2,471	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,324	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,394	1,735.00/head	1,735.00–1,735.00	1,735	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	392	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,303	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	479	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,308	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,499	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,738	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	350	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,076	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	770	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	574	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	312.88/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,308	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	492	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,387	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	594	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,684	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,169	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,277	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,114	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	326	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	988	5

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 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,142Last week 1,074Year ago 2,518

Replacement CattleReceipts 240Last week 218Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	514	309.50	309.50
90	—	619	294.50	294.50
21	—	392	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	707	229.00	229.00
22	—	418	310.00–315.00	312.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	504	307.00	307.00
23	—	612	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	550	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	350	307.50	307.50
5	—	770	212.00	212.00
8	—	574	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	217.00	217.00
9	—	630	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	279	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	514	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	403	281.00	281.00
21	—	567	267.00	267.00
52	—	479	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	275.00	275.00
17	—	516	251.00–252.50	251.53
25	—	466	257.00–262.50	259.95
18	—	688	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	796	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	492	282.00	282.00
84	—	594	283.50	283.50
16	—	403	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	665	192.00	192.00
13	—	524	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	303.00	303.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,126	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,659	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,264	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,560.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,451	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,067.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,541	1,975.00	1,975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,122	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,593	2,885.00	2,885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,186	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,755	2,200.00–2,275.00	2,244.08
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,215	2,300.00–2,785.00	2,470.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,324	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	69	—	1,394	1,735.00	1,735.00

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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