Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 5.00 lower and heifer calves sold 2.00-10.00 lower except 450-500 lbs heifers selling 5.00 higher. Nearly all consignments had received at least one round of fall preconditioning shots. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet who were being selective with their bidding and buying activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $300.99/cwt on 1,156 head.

Average price

$300.99

1,156 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$19.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	301.29	1,698	1,138
Medium and Large 1-2	518	281.64	1,458	18thin

One grade step is worth $19.65/cwt here — about $240 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 sale1,156 hd

300.99

—

NE average10 barns · 16,380 hd

286.47

+14.52

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

29 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	—	421	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,347	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,313	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	247.49/cwt	245.50–249.00	1,443	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	254.69/cwt	252.00–258.50	1,337	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,073	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	323.49/cwt	320.00–325.50	1,698	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	514	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,511	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	577	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,809	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	266.74/cwt	258.50–270.50	1,752	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	265.79/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,651	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	293.11/cwt	284.00–303.00	1,706	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	282.98/cwt	279.50–284.75	1,788	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	324.44/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,551	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	462	343.66/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,588	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	275.64/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,579	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	304.86/cwt	301.00–313.00	1,561	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	259.44/cwt	257.50–260.50	1,500	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	348.05/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,396	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	289.91/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,322	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,346	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,544	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	270.17/cwt	263.00–277.00	1,399	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	1,782	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	661	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,686	12

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 28, 2023

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

Receipts 2,075Last week 2,844Year ago 3,356

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	421	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	481	273.00	273.00
73	—	583	245.50–249.00	247.49
115	—	525	252.00–258.50	254.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	389	307.00	307.00
20	—	346	310.00	310.00
146	—	578	257.50–260.50	259.44
27	—	456	285.00–292.00	289.91
31	—	638	242.00	242.00
210	—	518	263.00–277.00	270.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	554	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	525	320.00–325.50	323.49
29	—	577	313.50	313.50
87	—	462	340.00–348.00	343.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	514	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	657	258.50–270.50	266.74
212	—	582	284.00–303.00	293.11
130	—	632	279.50–284.75	282.98
40	—	478	323.00–325.00	324.44
6	—	729	251.00	251.00
94	—	512	301.00–313.00	304.86
44	—	401	342.50–350.00	348.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	621	264.00–268.00	265.79
17	—	545	275.00	275.00
15	—	573	275.00–277.00	275.64
12	—	661	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	292.50	292.50
5	—	585	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	560	318.25	318.25

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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