Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550 to 700 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 lower and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers over 550 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.46/cwt on 1,283 head.

Average price

$255.46

1,283 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$351

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	259.21	1,422	47
Medium and Large 1	695	255.32	1,774	1,236

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale1,283 hd

255.46

—

NE average11 barns · 17,106 hd

268.53

−13.06

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

26 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 1	—	506	263.35/cwt	262.50–264.00	1,333	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	265.96/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,231	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,542	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	233.89/cwt	227.50–236.00	1,490	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	240.94/cwt	227.00–244.00	1,619	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	208.00/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,616	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	283.10/cwt	271.00–297.50	1,614	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	271.78/cwt	260.00–275.50	1,715	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,551	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	291.32/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,404	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,514	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,044	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,025	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	245.50/cwt	231.00–248.00	1,849	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,186	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	249.15/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,455	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,522	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	268.45/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,256	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	255.90/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,748	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	247.26/cwt	238.00–254.50	1,780	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,364	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	224.74/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,809	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,860	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	201.64/cwt	201.00–202.00	1,728	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,310	9

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 2,300Last week 2,493Year ago 6,830

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	506	262.50–264.00	263.35
43	—	463	263.00–271.00	265.96
64	—	704	219.00	219.00
97	—	637	227.50–236.00	233.89
170	—	672	227.00–244.00	240.94
178	—	777	205.00–209.00	208.00
211	—	584	244.00–255.00	249.15
185	—	857	201.00–202.00	201.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	492	241.00	241.00
20	—	588	232.00	232.00
7	—	414	250.00	250.00
9	—	537	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	570	271.00–297.50	283.10
274	—	631	260.00–275.50	271.78
26	—	512	303.00	303.00
33	—	482	285.00–299.00	291.32
7	—	354	295.00	295.00
84	—	976	207.50	207.50
89	—	753	231.00–248.00	245.50
233	—	683	247.00–263.00	255.90
265	—	720	238.00–254.50	247.26
94	—	805	210.00–228.00	224.74
16	—	865	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	608	249.00	249.00
10	—	581	262.00	262.00
18	—	468	265.00–272.50	268.45

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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