Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good for yearling cattle and fall yearlings coming off the summer grass with some lots coming out of grow yards showing extra flesh.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.85/cwt on 817 head.

Average price

$249.85

817 head · 845 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,332

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

$94.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	885	254.54	2,252	625
Medium and Large 1-2	744	249.48	1,856	160
Medium and Large 2-3	575	160.00	920	32

One grade step is worth $94.54/cwt here — about $1,332 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 sale817 hd

249.85

—

NE average4 barns · 5,776 hd

256.52

−6.67

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

35 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	—	783	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,789	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,765	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	722	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,531	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,883	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	267.84/cwt	267.50–269.50	1,706	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	227.37/cwt	225.50–234.00	2,014	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	855	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,176	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,386	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	264	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,981	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,272	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,455	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,358	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	761	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,933	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	834	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	678	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,637	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,391	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	936	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,900	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,007	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,024	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,386	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	531	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,614	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	810	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,677	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	237.91/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,977	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	931	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,216	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	219.66/cwt	214.00–220.50	1,830	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,402	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	211.45/cwt	211.00–216.00	2,091	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	273.60/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,261	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	607	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,554	44

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 Aug 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,699Last week 3,501Year ago 3,242

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	783	228.50	228.50
48	—	731	241.50	241.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	722	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	730	258.00	258.00
117	—	637	267.50–269.50	267.84
160	—	886	225.50–234.00	227.37
187	—	831	234.00–243.00	237.91
33	—	989	211.00–216.00	211.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	672	246.00	246.00
46	—	833	214.00–220.50	219.66
6	—	703	236.00	236.00
33	—	525	267.00	267.00
26	—	461	270.00–277.00	273.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	607	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	855	254.50	254.50
9	—	834	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	292.50	292.50
5	—	264	950.00	950.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	675	293.50	293.50
124	—	867	262.00	262.00
18	—	738	280.00	280.00
263	—	947	249.00	249.00
8	—	409	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	575	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	514	283.00	283.00
7	—	1,054	199.50	199.50
15	—	884	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	761	254.00	254.00
48	—	1,024	233.00	233.00
30	—	850	250.00	250.00
16	—	531	304.00	304.00
64	—	931	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	241.50	241.50
15	—	936	203.00	203.00
10	—	810	207.00	207.00

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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