Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower and feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Around 500 head of spring calves also sold in the mix. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.68/cwt on 1,096 head.

Average price

$261.68

1,096 head · 818 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.09

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	817	263.64	2,153	989
Medium and Large 1-2	833	243.64	2,029	107

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,096 hd

261.68

—

NE average7 barns · 8,372 hd

266.77

−5.09

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	683	251.36/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,717	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,949	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	955	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,111	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	317.90/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,154	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	806	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,160	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,769	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,713	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,227	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	317.80/cwt	317.00–319.00	1,621	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	243.71/cwt	235.00–244.75	2,408	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,030	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,958	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	327.09/cwt	320.00–329.50	1,547	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	257.57/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,883	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,839	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	223.54/cwt	221.00–226.50	2,171	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	227.00/cwt	226.00–227.25	2,170	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,631	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	255.92/cwt	252.50–258.00	1,973	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	264.70/cwt	262.00–269.50	1,824	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	244.84/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,283	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,323	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,036	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	313.33/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,357	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	241.33/cwt	237.50–245.50	1,996	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,268	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	289.13/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,402	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	252.26/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,789	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	250.96/cwt	248.00–253.00	2,050	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	293.00/cwt	289.00–300.50	1,527	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	326.79/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,373	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	249.49/cwt	246.50–251.25	2,280	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	277.08/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,699	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,934	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	250.80/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,402	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,313	22

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 2,301Last week 3,715Year ago 3,924

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	683	250.00–253.00	251.36
19	—	855	228.00	228.00
32	—	955	221.00	221.00
5	—	783	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	363	316.00–323.00	317.90
30	—	956	226.00–227.25	227.00
167	—	602	271.00	271.00
95	—	771	252.50–258.00	255.92
254	—	689	262.00–269.50	264.70
17	—	901	226.00	226.00
38	—	433	295.00–321.00	313.33
103	—	827	237.50–245.50	241.33
20	—	1,008	225.00	225.00
47	—	485	284.00–300.00	289.13
71	—	709	246.00–253.00	252.26
17	—	521	289.00–300.50	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	524	242.50–255.00	244.84
5	—	483	274.00	274.00
15	—	559	250.00–252.00	250.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	613	275.00–282.00	277.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	806	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	665	266.00	266.00
19	—	603	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	291.00	291.00
11	—	1,017	219.00	219.00
9	—	768	255.00	255.00
46	—	731	255.00–260.00	257.57
11	—	971	221.00–226.50	223.54
22	—	1,076	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	510	317.00–319.00	317.80
176	—	988	235.00–244.75	243.71
11	—	559	311.00	311.00
25	—	766	265.00	265.00
40	—	473	320.00–329.50	327.09
32	—	603	305.00	305.00
108	—	817	248.00–253.00	250.96
5	—	388	328.00	328.00
16	—	420	323.00–330.00	326.79
349	—	914	246.50–251.25	249.49
76	—	707	273.50	273.50

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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