Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves sold steady to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $283.49/cwt on 1,603 head.

Average price

$283.49

1,603 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$40.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	292.09	1,618	1,266
Medium and Large 1-2	610	251.20	1,533	337

One grade step is worth $40.89/cwt here — about $85 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 sale1,603 hd

283.49

—

NE average10 barns · 14,528 hd

285.29

−1.80

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

47 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	—	605	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,531	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	400	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	618	228.71/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,413	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	515	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,277	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	253.32/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,236	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	252.24/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,445	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	244.33/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,500	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	591	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,535	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	464	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,476	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	571	300.62/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,717	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	299.91/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,404	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,136	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	272.54/cwt	266.50–276.25	1,673	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	325.28/cwt	311.00–336.00	1,399	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,873	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	310.63/cwt	305.50–314.00	1,612	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	234.09/cwt	231.00–238.50	1,552	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,792	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	338.19/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,241	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	557	278.85/cwt	277.00–279.50	1,553	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	259.92/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,736	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	235.24/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,722	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,319	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	286.82/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,635	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,144	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	538	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	505	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,429	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,339	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	252.87/cwt	249.50–256.00	1,565	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	238.69/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,279	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	260.52/cwt	256.00–263.50	1,391	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	308.16/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,208	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	257.12/cwt	252.00–261.50	1,360	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	450	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,296	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,330	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	304.45/cwt	294.00–309.00	993	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	284.53/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,323	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	268.49/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,010	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	264.24/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,226	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	288.34/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,246	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	245.46/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,441	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,118	7

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 Nov 11, 2023

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

Receipts 2,773Last week 3,637Year ago 4,289

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves sold steady to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	605	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	400	276.00	276.00
23	—	618	227.00–230.00	228.71
32	—	515	248.00	248.00
35	—	488	253.00–254.00	253.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	801	222.00	222.00
44	—	392	299.00–315.00	308.16
312	—	529	252.00–261.50	257.12
27	—	326	294.00–309.00	304.45
39	—	464	264.00–265.00	264.24
9	—	613	239.50	239.50
41	—	432	286.00–292.00	288.34
205	—	587	240.00–249.00	245.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	536	236.00–241.00	238.69
8	—	602	221.00	221.00
18	—	376	265.00–272.00	268.49
7	—	422	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	450	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	573	250.00–257.00	252.24
41	—	614	241.00–246.00	244.33
9	—	389	292.00	292.00
14	—	797	235.00	235.00
19	—	663	231.00–238.50	234.09
72	—	732	235.00–237.00	235.24
8	—	485	272.00	272.00
9	—	300	310.00	310.00
59	—	534	256.00–263.50	260.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	591	259.75	259.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	464	318.00	318.00
187	—	571	298.00–302.00	300.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	468	295.00–303.00	299.91
141	—	614	266.50–276.25	272.54
88	—	430	311.00–336.00	325.28
184	—	519	305.50–314.00	310.63
57	—	700	256.00	256.00
43	—	367	330.00–341.00	338.19
113	—	668	255.00–263.00	259.92
112	—	570	283.00–291.00	286.82
11	—	339	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	557	277.00–279.50	278.85
12	—	505	283.00	283.00
13	—	445	301.00	301.00
30	—	619	249.50–256.00	252.87
39	—	465	282.00–285.00	284.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	644	236.50	236.50
7	—	538	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	635	285.00	285.00

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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