Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steer calves 450-550 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower and steer calves 550-600 lbs sold sharply higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher and heifer calves 450-550 lbs sold 7.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers over 900 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. 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 $296.66/cwt on 1,366 head.

Average price

$296.66

1,366 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$23.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	297.08	1,846	1,342
Medium and Large 1-2	572	273.22	1,563	24

One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $283 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 sale1,366 hd

296.66

—

NE average11 barns · 16,537 hd

300.36

−3.70

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

49 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 1Fancy	—	606	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,597	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	274.09/cwt	272.50–278.00	1,211	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	450	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,251	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,424	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,663	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	302.15/cwt	301.00–306.00	1,623	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	262.16/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,751	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	803	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,815	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,081	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	412	365.96/cwt	362.00–368.00	1,508	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	557	313.36/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,745	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,973	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	279.07/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,747	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	273.22/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,563	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,352	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	339.03/cwt	324.00–342.00	1,604	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,352	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	536	289.56/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,552	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	443	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	541	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,585	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	331.73/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,257	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,116	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,275	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	846	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,946	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,991	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	271.87/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,430	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	283.55/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,330	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,261	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	939	229.62/cwt	227.50–230.00	2,156	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	248.40/cwt	243.00–253.50	1,505	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	880	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,998	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	249.40/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,444	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	456	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,436	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	300.15/cwt	296.50–303.00	1,291	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	967	231.07/cwt	231.00–231.50	2,234	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	636	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,870	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	352	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,355	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,801	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	352.87/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,450	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,002	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,295	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	298.32/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,727	149

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 Oct 21, 2023

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

Receipts 2,844Last week 1,197Year ago 1,096

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	606	263.50	263.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	341	327.50	327.50
8	—	773	235.50	235.50
32	—	379	330.00–333.00	331.73
33	—	920	230.00	230.00
21	—	1,000	227.50	227.50
8	—	846	230.00	230.00
60	—	889	224.00	224.00
303	—	526	264.00–277.00	271.87
101	—	469	280.00–292.00	283.55
57	—	984	229.75	229.75
111	—	430	296.50–303.00	300.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	442	272.50–278.00	274.09
17	—	586	243.00	243.00
6	—	491	274.00	274.00
5	—	700	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	450	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	846	230.00	230.00
210	—	939	227.50–230.00	229.62
56	—	880	227.00	227.00
53	—	1,002	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	606	243.00–253.50	248.40
80	—	579	247.00–254.00	249.40
7	—	707	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	510	326.00	326.00
40	—	412	362.00–368.00	365.96
144	—	557	311.00–315.00	313.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	537	301.00–306.00	302.15
16	—	853	244.00	244.00
12	—	780	253.00	253.00
122	—	1,001	235.00	235.00
176	—	473	324.00–342.00	339.03
5	—	343	360.00	360.00
57	—	939	250.50	250.50
48	—	411	348.00–356.00	352.87
149	—	579	285.00–305.00	298.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	668	258.00–264.00	262.16
8	—	803	226.00	226.00
103	—	626	270.00–284.00	279.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	572	273.00–274.00	273.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	445	327.00	327.00
44	—	536	289.00–294.00	289.56
14	—	456	315.00	315.00
35	—	967	231.00–231.50	231.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	443	321.00	321.00
43	—	541	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	636	294.00	294.00
9	—	352	385.00	385.00
57	—	556	324.00	324.00

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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