Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend in not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.71/cwt on 2,067 head.

Average price

$253.71

2,067 head · 794 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$403

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

$1.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.75

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	632	255.65	1,616	25
Medium and Large 1	796	253.69	2,019	2,042

One grade step is worth $1.96/cwt here — about −$403 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 sale2,067 hd

253.71

—

NE average8 barns · 6,715 hd

247.96

+5.75

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,774	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	327	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,283	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	234	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	458	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	784	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	248.66/cwt	246.00–252.00	2,061	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	722	273.75/cwt	273.00–274.50	1,976	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	625	265.01/cwt	263.00–267.00	1,656	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	243.66/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,974	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,619	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	259.41/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,925	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	253.37/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,948	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	256.16/cwt	254.50–261.00	2,264	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	303.60/cwt	297.00–312.00	1,743	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	284.52/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,969	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	285.89/cwt	284.00–289.00	2,090	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,848	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	504	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,512	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	732	270.38/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,979	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,479	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	893	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,161	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,004	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,319	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	678	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,834	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	825	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,104	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	247.61/cwt	247.00–247.75	2,330	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	269.47/cwt	266.00–271.00	2,064	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	230.54/cwt	227.00–237.50	2,132	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	239	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	225.51/cwt	223.75–229.50	2,327	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	271.77/cwt	271.50–276.00	1,709	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	332	364.54/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,210	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	715	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,113	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	262.37/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,797	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	235.84/cwt	234.00–236.75	2,064	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	228.55/cwt	224.00–230.50	2,219	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	717	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,932	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	255.65/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,616	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,267	6

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 Sep 16, 2023

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

Receipts 3,715Last week 3,342Year ago 3,290

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend in not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	727	244.00	244.00
43	—	327	392.50	392.50
8	—	458	325.00	325.00
68	—	574	297.00–312.00	303.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	—	234	950.00	950.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	676	268.00	268.00
11	—	829	246.00–252.00	248.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	784	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	884	254.50–261.00	256.16
45	—	692	283.00–285.00	284.52
40	—	731	284.00–289.00	285.89
41	—	608	304.00	304.00
332	—	1,012	245.00	245.00
286	—	941	247.00–247.75	247.61
26	—	766	266.00–271.00	269.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	732	270.00–271.00	270.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	893	242.00	242.00
7	—	1,004	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	715	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	722	273.00–274.50	273.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	625	263.00–267.00	265.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	810	243.00–244.00	243.66
56	—	593	273.00	273.00
106	—	742	258.00–260.00	259.41
122	—	769	247.50–257.50	253.37
386	—	925	227.00–237.50	230.54
123	—	1,032	223.75–229.50	225.51
233	—	629	271.50–276.00	271.77
24	—	685	260.00–264.00	262.37
38	—	875	234.00–236.75	235.84
283	—	971	224.00–230.50	228.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	663	250.00	250.00
19	—	504	300.00	300.00
51	—	332	360.00–365.00	364.54
6	—	393	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	678	270.50	270.50
73	—	825	255.00	255.00
243	—	717	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
8	—	239	850.00	850.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	632	255.00–256.00	255.65

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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