Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet as the bulk of the offering came out of backgrounding lots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.32/cwt on 1,969 head.

Average price

$237.32

1,969 head · 814 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	814	237.32	1,932	1,969

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,969 hd

237.32

—

NE average3 barns · 4,693 hd

250.28

−12.95

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

40 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 1Fleshy	—	591	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,478	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	922	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	232.22/cwt	228.00–233.00	1,797	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	220.66/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,948	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,966	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	263.30/cwt	258.00–268.00	2,009	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	638	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,582	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	282.64/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,812	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	236.77/cwt	234.50–240.00	2,304	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	837	252.81/cwt	249.00–256.00	2,116	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	977	227.53/cwt	224.00–228.50	2,223	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,312	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,267	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	271.75/cwt	266.00–278.00	1,821	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,164	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	263.05/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,536	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	752	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,910	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	920	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,950	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,653	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	242.77/cwt	238.00–244.50	2,134	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,041	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,249	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,069	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	2,074	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	780	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,841	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	254.76/cwt	247.00–256.25	2,232	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	938	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,134	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	840	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,995	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	255.00/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,591	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	233.79/cwt	228.50–238.50	1,947	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	917	239.37/cwt	234.00–242.00	2,195	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,061	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,271	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,098	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	255.24/cwt	249.00–260.50	1,715	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	230.11/cwt	226.25–230.75	1,984	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	244.53/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,902	406
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	250.50/cwt	250.00–250.75	1,864	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	745	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,836	27

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 Jul 15, 2023

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

Receipts 3,501Last week 1,440Year ago 3,480

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet as the bulk of the offering came out of backgrounding lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	250.00	250.00
9	—	922	213.00	213.00
46	—	774	228.00–233.00	232.22
49	—	883	220.00–221.00	220.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	495	269.00	269.00
7	—	527	269.00	269.00
29	—	584	258.00–266.00	263.05
45	—	932	222.00	222.00
56	—	975	212.75	212.75
34	—	624	254.00–257.00	255.00
227	—	833	228.50–238.50	233.79
116	—	1,006	208.50	208.50
152	—	672	249.00–260.50	255.24
326	—	862	226.25–230.75	230.11
406	—	778	240.00–249.00	244.53
202	—	744	250.00–250.75	250.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	938	227.50	227.50
159	—	840	237.50	237.50
27	—	745	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	295.00	295.00
78	—	724	271.50	271.50
151	—	763	258.00–268.00	263.30
41	—	641	279.00–285.00	282.64
95	—	973	234.50–240.00	236.77
116	—	1,001	231.00	231.00
30	—	903	251.00	251.00
46	—	670	266.00–278.00	271.75
144	—	806	268.50	268.50
10	—	567	291.50	291.50
130	—	876	247.00–256.25	254.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	638	248.00	248.00
23	—	920	212.00	212.00
8	—	780	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	837	249.00–256.00	252.81
155	—	977	224.00–228.50	227.53
17	—	752	254.00	254.00
190	—	879	238.00–244.50	242.77
74	—	1,041	216.00	216.00
50	—	917	234.00–242.00	239.37
8	—	1,061	214.00	214.00

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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