Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 500 lbs sold sharply higher with steer calves over 500 lbs selling steady to 10.00 lower, heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Around 45 percent of the offering consisted of weaned calves and yearlings with the balance on bawling calves which nearly all had received fall vaccinations. 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 $279.79/cwt on 1,752 head.

Average price

$279.79

1,752 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$85.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.37

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	286.63	1,646	1,458
Medium and Large 1-2	540	257.69	1,393	218
Medium 1	392	251.00	984	16thin
Large 1-2	795	201.53	1,602	60

One grade step is worth $85.10/cwt here — about $45 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 sale1,752 hd

279.79

—

NE average9 barns · 13,451 hd

274.42

+5.37

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

48 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 1Fleshy	—	465	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,288	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	233.08/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,473	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,718	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	236.52/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,372	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	891	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,969	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	514	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,635	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	565	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,703	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	274.31/cwt	274.00–274.50	1,662	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,469	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	248.74/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,510	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,676	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,259	17
Steers	Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	14
Steers	Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	825	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,667	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	327	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,145	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	351	354.91/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,246	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	455	328.31/cwt	328.00–329.00	1,494	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	256.63/cwt	253.50–259.00	1,642	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	326.36/cwt	317.00–338.00	1,446	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	301.52/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,607	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	317.20/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,529	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	253.70/cwt	250.50–255.00	1,743	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	315.79/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,001	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	296.64/cwt	291.00–300.00	955	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,020	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	245.22/cwt	240.00–250.50	1,378	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	245.52/cwt	242.00–245.75	1,525	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	270.69/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,161	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,263	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	414	367.14/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,520	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	384	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,606	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,534	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	258.44/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,212	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	245.11/cwt	243.50–249.00	1,304	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	491	291.76/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,433	25
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	392	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	984	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	691	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,797	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	616	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,734	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	489	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,687	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,728	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,747	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	283.94/cwt	277.00–291.00	1,670	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	263.23/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,342	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	252.91/cwt	251.50–261.00	1,442	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	265.69/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,520	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	280.41/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,458	44

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 3,296Last week 2,773Year ago 2,362

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	251.00	251.00
11	—	539	239.00	239.00
50	—	632	229.00–234.00	233.08
69	—	774	222.00	222.00
75	—	580	236.00–237.00	236.52
206	—	891	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	322	291.00–300.00	296.64
9	—	1,000	202.00	202.00
200	—	562	240.00–250.50	245.22
177	—	621	242.00–245.75	245.52
145	—	429	265.00–274.00	270.69
209	—	469	253.00–266.00	258.44
96	—	532	243.50–249.00	245.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	672	239.00	239.00
30	—	621	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	514	318.00	318.00
85	—	565	301.50	301.50
108	—	606	274.00–274.50	274.31
5	—	327	350.00	350.00
13	—	351	350.00–358.00	354.91
16	—	455	328.00–329.00	328.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	612	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	607	248.00–249.00	248.74
32	—	677	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	391	322.00	322.00
44	—	640	253.50–259.00	256.63
50	—	443	317.00–338.00	326.36
55	—	533	297.00–310.00	301.52
111	—	482	309.00–320.00	317.20
129	—	687	250.50–255.00	253.70
12	—	317	312.00–320.00	315.79
28	—	710	246.00	246.00
310	—	588	277.00–291.00	283.94
Steers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	695	200.00	200.00
46	—	825	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	414	365.00–370.00	367.14
7	—	384	380.00	380.00
92	—	691	260.00	260.00
60	—	616	281.50	281.50
25	—	489	345.00	345.00
22	—	554	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	491	291.00–292.00	291.76
79	—	572	263.00–272.00	265.69
44	—	520	275.00–285.00	280.41
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	392	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	510	262.00–267.00	263.23
90	—	570	251.50–261.00	252.91

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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