Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported calf and feeder sale in a month a trend is not applicable. Demand was 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 $277.85/cwt on 1,298 head.

Average price

$277.85

1,298 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$12.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	278.68	1,764	1,212
Medium and Large 1-2	580	266.10	1,545	86

One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $219 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 sale1,298 hd

277.85

—

NE average9 barns · 16,093 hd

270.17

+7.68

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

53 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	—	646	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	222.39/cwt	222.00–222.50	1,472	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	729	217.86/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,588	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	245.59/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,429	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	494	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,334	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,381	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,345	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,500	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	295.36/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,539	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	295.99/cwt	292.50–297.00	1,720	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	492	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,678	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,427	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,586	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	274.83/cwt	270.50–279.50	1,726	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	262.52/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,746	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	264.17/cwt	261.00–267.50	1,825	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,549	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	332.33/cwt	322.50–334.00	1,569	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,646	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	380	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,376	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	240.80/cwt	239.00–241.50	1,823	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	339.51/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,406	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	239.41/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,726	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	225.06/cwt	224.50–227.50	1,893	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,555	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	654	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,831	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,583	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	251.80/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,737	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	334	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	647	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,446	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	235.35/cwt	232.50–237.50	1,478	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	414	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,549	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	288.85/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,381	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,796	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	641	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,628	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	370	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,066	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,427	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	512	259.51/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,329	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	246.27/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,552	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	303.15/cwt	293.00–307.00	1,246	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	969	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,639	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	226.00/cwt	225.75–227.50	1,587	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	263.79/cwt	260.50–265.00	1,530	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	6

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 Jan 6, 2024

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

Receipts 2,493Last week 0Year ago 3,645

First reported calf and feeder sale in a month a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	646	225.00	225.00
36	—	662	222.00–222.50	222.39
37	—	729	216.00–219.00	217.86
63	—	582	244.00–246.00	245.59
74	—	784	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	494	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	241.00	241.00
9	—	333	291.00	291.00
6	—	275	725.00	725.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	477	270.00	270.00
68	—	628	232.50–237.50	235.35
7	—	536	256.00	256.00
8	—	414	286.00	286.00
21	—	690	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	647	223.50	223.50
12	—	370	288.00	288.00
31	—	512	259.00–261.00	259.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	478	287.50–290.00	288.85
131	—	630	237.00–253.00	246.27
19	—	411	293.00–307.00	303.15
6	—	516	269.00	269.00
78	—	702	225.75–227.50	226.00
110	—	580	260.50–265.00	263.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	641	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	508	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	315.00	315.00
22	—	564	266.00	266.00
64	—	521	292.00–301.00	295.36
14	—	617	257.00	257.00
47	—	665	254.00–264.00	262.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	272.00	272.00
5	—	473	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	581	292.50–297.00	295.99
83	—	628	270.50–279.50	274.83
226	—	691	261.00–267.50	264.17
40	—	472	322.50–334.00	332.33
99	—	757	239.00–241.50	240.80
30	—	414	335.00–347.50	339.51
47	—	721	237.00–243.00	239.41
80	—	841	224.50–227.50	225.06
15	—	515	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	492	341.00	341.00
16	—	380	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	487	293.00	293.00
21	—	623	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	627	247.00	247.00
15	—	690	238.50	238.50
7	—	590	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	654	280.00	280.00
100	—	562	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	610	259.50	259.50
44	—	690	251.00–252.00	251.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	334	337.50	337.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Ericson