Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good for yearlings and fall calves coming off summer grass with some 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 $259.14/cwt on 2,249 head.

Average price

$259.14

2,249 head · 836 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,166

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$363

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

$21.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.14

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	642	281.00	1,804	5thin
Medium and Large 1	836	259.09	2,167	2,244

One grade step is worth $21.91/cwt here — about −$363 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 sale2,249 hd

259.14

—

NE average8 barns · 7,194 hd

254.00

+5.14

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

27 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	Large 1	—	978	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,147	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	249.20/cwt	245.00–253.50	1,802	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	237.41/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,961	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	234.61/cwt	229.50–238.00	2,058	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	239.18/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,846	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,006	231.22/cwt	230.85–231.50	2,326	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	266.03/cwt	263.00–268.00	2,032	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	246.30/cwt	244.00–250.00	2,069	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	906	253.33/cwt	253.00–253.50	2,295	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	877	259.40/cwt	257.50–264.00	2,275	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	759	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,932	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	296.98/cwt	294.00–307.00	1,877	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,355	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	247.53/cwt	246.00–250.00	2,193	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	231.41/cwt	229.00–232.00	2,143	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	268.44/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,640	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	279.62/cwt	279.00–280.00	2,044	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	819	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,133	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,174	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,395	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	718	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,860	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	737	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,920	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,970	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,373	58

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 3,342Last week 1,699Year ago 3,207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	978	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	723	245.00–253.50	249.20
203	—	826	232.00–240.00	237.41
251	—	877	229.50–238.00	234.61
31	—	772	236.00–244.00	239.18
46	—	926	229.00–232.00	231.41
63	—	611	266.00–273.00	268.44
12	—	1,174	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,006	230.85–231.50	231.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	792	229.00	229.00
8	—	528	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	718	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
329	—	764	263.00–268.00	266.03
87	—	840	244.00–250.00	246.30
92	—	632	294.00–307.00	296.98
117	—	1,012	232.75	232.75
193	—	886	246.00–250.00	247.53
7	—	503	311.00	311.00
34	—	731	279.00–280.00	279.62
85	—	661	298.00	298.00
58	—	1,050	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
379	—	906	253.00–253.50	253.33
428	—	877	257.50–264.00	259.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	759	254.50	254.50
149	—	737	260.50	260.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	819	260.50	260.50

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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