Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-12-16

Ericson

Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Dec 16
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
1,513 head
1,513 vs last sale 0 181 vs year ago 1,332 · +13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large crowd of buyers on hand for the annual Christmas Holiday bred heifer and cow sale. Some dispersals of cows and several strings of top quality ranch raised bred heifers on hand Saturday. Along, with some packages of solid mouth to short-term cows in the run. Bred heifers mostly AI'd to low birth weight angus bulls and cleaned up with mostly black angus bulls. Bulk of the run was bred to black angus bulls with a few to red angus and Hereford bulls. Demand was good for the front end kind of bred stock. Next sale will be a calf and feeder auction Saturday January 6, 2024

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$3,15060
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,211$3,074165
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,336$2,597147
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,377$2,29670
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,377$1,86193
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,465$1,77015
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,295$1,624160
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,111$2,818362
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,063$2,467299

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsLarge 11,4061,744.23/head1,700.00–1,800.001,74414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2211,418.24/head1,325.00–1,550.001,41850
Bred CowsLarge 11,3431,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,50016
Bred CowsLarge 11,4651,770.00/head1,770.00–1,770.001,77015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3341,562.80/head1,550.00–1,575.001,56335
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1851,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,22510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3292,687.01/head2,400.00–2,900.002,687133
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0072,234.66/head2,200.00–2,275.002,23593
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0882,572.10/head2,300.00–2,800.002,572206
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1132,865.22/head2,425.00–3,200.002,865332
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0942,293.42/head2,250.00–2,350.002,29330
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3461,653.56/head1,525.00–1,750.001,65436
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2113,073.56/head2,075.00–3,275.003,074165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,00049
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,15060
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3772,296.12/head2,150.00–2,375.002,29670
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3971,991.82/head1,950.00–2,000.001,99257

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.