Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 400 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. The offering consisted of 70 percent weaned calves and yearlings with the balance on bawling calves nearly all of which had received fall vaccinations. Demand was good to very 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 $290.19/cwt on 2,649 head.

Average price

$290.19

2,649 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$40.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.72

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	294.35	1,657	2,378
Medium and Large 1-2	580	253.65	1,472	271

One grade step is worth $40.71/cwt here — about $185 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 sale2,649 hd

290.19

—

NE average10 barns · 16,486 hd

275.47

+14.72

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	613	237.18/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,454	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	267.61/cwt	259.00–273.50	1,694	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	319.05/cwt	311.00–322.50	1,487	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	334.84/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,447	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	473	278.78/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,319	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	335.14/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,076	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	241.82/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,519	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	313.59/cwt	306.50–317.00	1,634	563
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	528	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,410	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	246.51/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,430	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	657	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,774	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,235	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	750	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	570	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,499	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	315	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	360	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,109	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	576	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,659	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	297.52/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,693	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	230.63/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,566	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	263.32/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,351	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	329	285.14/cwt	284.00–288.00	938	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	282.81/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,188	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	229.13/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,414	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	527	248.31/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,309	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	556	236.56/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,315	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	257.45/cwt	252.50–259.50	1,480	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	272.41/cwt	272.00–273.00	1,013	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	805.72/head	775.00–850.00	806	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	244.82/cwt	244.00–245.50	1,503	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	488	278.67/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,360	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	243.60/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,123	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	532	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,484	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	502	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,396	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,288	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	222.05/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,230	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	790	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	1,685	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	262.95/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,233	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	421	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,465	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,447	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	222.21/cwt	216.00–226.50	1,384	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	631	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,540	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	434	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,324	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	423	269.05/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,138	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	250.63/cwt	248.00–255.50	1,672	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	471	294.47/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,387	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	921	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,943	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	682	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,507	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	255.14/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,365	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	284.20/cwt	283.00–285.50	1,728	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	335.61/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,255	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	385	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	278.18/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,636	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,624	40

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 9, 2023

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

Receipts 4,529Last week 3,620Year ago 4,224

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
11	—	235	875.00	875.00
211	—	633	259.00–273.50	267.61
139	—	466	311.00–322.50	319.05
110	—	432	330.00–339.00	334.84
20	—	321	330.00–340.00	335.14
563	—	521	306.50–317.00	313.59
255	—	569	291.00–305.00	297.52
75	—	667	248.00–255.50	250.63
17	—	374	335.00–337.00	335.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	266.00	266.00
28	—	580	244.00–252.00	246.51
7	—	441	280.00	280.00
30	—	535	251.00–260.00	255.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	613	236.00–238.00	237.18
14	—	434	305.00	305.00
37	—	471	287.00–297.00	294.47
57	—	921	211.00	211.00
156	—	588	274.00–281.00	278.18
40	—	543	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	473	278.00–283.00	278.78
11	—	528	267.00	267.00
19	—	570	263.00	263.00
5	—	315	311.00	311.00
26	—	360	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	628	235.00–248.00	241.82
24	—	679	230.00–231.00	230.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	657	270.00	270.00
71	—	576	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	750	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	790	213.25	213.25
12	—	682	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	421	348.00	348.00
392	—	608	283.00–285.50	284.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	385	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	513	258.00–266.00	263.32
102	—	420	276.00–286.00	282.81
186	—	575	252.50–259.50	257.45
30	—	276	775.00–850.00	805.72
170	—	614	244.00–245.50	244.82
124	—	469	258.00–266.00	262.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	329	284.00–288.00	285.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	617	228.00–230.00	229.13
51	—	527	244.00–250.00	248.31
46	—	556	236.00–237.00	236.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	372	272.00–273.00	272.41
20	—	461	241.00–245.00	243.60
10	—	641	201.00	201.00
49	—	554	221.00–227.00	222.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	488	278.00–279.00	278.67
86	—	502	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	532	279.00	279.00
31	—	631	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	652	222.00	222.00
68	—	623	216.00–226.50	222.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	423	266.00–272.00	269.05

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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