Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and steer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold uneven. The run consisted of 50 percent weaned calves and yearlings and 50 percent bawling calves with all having fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.24/cwt on 2,342 head.

Average price

$264.24

2,342 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	264.66	1,715	2,313
Medium and Large 1-2	645	230.66	1,487	29

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale2,342 hd

264.24

—

NE average7 barns · 8,456 hd

257.59

+6.65

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

36 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	—	572	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,516	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	955	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	231.34/cwt	228.00–233.50	1,339	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	298.59/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,063	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	276.26/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,160	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	314.94/cwt	311.50–319.00	1,600	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	776	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,707	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	239.91/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,684	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	269.35/cwt	263.75–277.00	1,665	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	245.43/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,659	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,915	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	323.82/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,519	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	297.08/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,589	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,898	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	265.28/cwt	256.50–272.00	1,674	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	283.88/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,536	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	267.35/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,564	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,754	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	345.49/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,306	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	248.26/cwt	245.50–252.50	1,775	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	286.13/cwt	277.50–294.50	1,631	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	763	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,618	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	230.12/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,424	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	226.66/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,516	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	583	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,370	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	248.91/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,591	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	483	294.03/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,420	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	245.14/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,383	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	240.40/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,466	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	263.50/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,275	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	253.41/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,328	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,310	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	521	265.17/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,382	68

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 Dec 2, 2023

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

Receipts 3,620Last week 4,455Year ago 4,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	572	265.00	265.00
46	—	475	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	187.00	187.00
46	—	579	228.00–233.50	231.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	356	297.00–300.00	298.59
33	—	420	274.00–279.00	276.26
225	—	564	238.00–249.00	245.14
76	—	610	235.00–243.00	240.40
93	—	484	256.00–268.00	263.50
118	—	524	248.00–259.00	253.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	763	212.00	212.00
88	—	619	221.00–232.00	230.12
197	—	669	217.00–230.00	226.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	480	273.00	273.00
68	—	521	265.00–266.00	265.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	508	311.50–319.00	314.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	776	220.00	220.00
101	—	702	235.00–243.00	239.91
209	—	618	263.75–277.00	269.35
261	—	676	242.50–252.50	245.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	829	231.00	231.00
65	—	469	316.00–330.00	323.82
186	—	535	291.00–303.00	297.08
189	—	782	242.75	242.75
284	—	631	256.50–272.00	265.28
7	—	443	332.50	332.50
24	—	378	340.00–355.00	345.49
191	—	715	245.50–252.50	248.26
237	—	570	277.50–294.50	286.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	541	283.00–286.00	283.88
88	—	585	264.00–270.00	267.35
33	—	639	248.00–250.00	248.91
36	—	483	288.00–300.00	294.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	766	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	583	235.00	235.00

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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