Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-10-14

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 14
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
1,197 head
1,104 vs last sale 2,301 1,950 vs year ago 3,147 · 62.0%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs sold sharply higher and steer calves 550-650 lbs sold sharply lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold steady to 9.00 lower. Not enough yearlings on offer to establish a trend. A shorter than expected consignments sheet due to storms within the trade area over the last couple days. Nearly all the calves had received preconditioning shots. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $288.78/cwt on 626 head.
Average price
$288.78
626 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.49
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623288.801,800621
Medium and Large 1-2492286.001,4075thin
One grade step is worth $2.80/cwt here — about $393 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 sale626 hd
288.78
NE average10 barns · 13,708 hd
281.29
+7.49
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

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy572251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy482275.78/cwt274.00–277.001,32917
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy668244.48/cwt243.00–247.001,63328
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,32316
HeifersMedium and Large 1383314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,20317
HeifersMedium and Large 11,005220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,21111
SteersMedium and Large 1382369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,4105
SteersMedium and Large 1842248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,08820
SteersMedium and Large 1577281.30/cwt279.00–287.001,623128
SteersMedium and Large 1914248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,26710
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned713251.99/cwt245.00–255.001,79720
SteersMedium and Large 1433351.40/cwt350.00–359.001,52245
SteersMedium and Large 1887248.85/cwt242.50–250.002,20758
SteersMedium and Large 1608296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,80084
HeifersMedium and Large 1803228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,8356
HeifersMedium and Large 1974225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,1965
SteersMedium and Large 1451343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5475
SteersMedium and Large 11,000229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,29515
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy642267.19/cwt267.00–268.001,71577
SteersMedium and Large 1518319.92/cwt317.00–324.501,657127
HeifersMedium and Large 1492290.25/cwt290.25–290.251,42831
HeifersMedium and Large 1609265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,61441
SteersMedium and Large 1718268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,92413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy492286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4075
HeifersMedium and Large 1691254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,75937
HeifersMedium and Large 1428293.29/cwt289.00–297.001,25516
HeifersMedium and Large 1781238.39/cwt234.00–240.001,86242
HeifersMedium and Large 1535279.38/cwt278.50–280.001,49592
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy441324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,4295
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy557271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5099
HeifersMedium and Large 1873234.27/cwt227.00–237.502,04549
HeifersMedium and Large 1550264.41/cwt264.00–265.001,45429

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.