Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifers 500-700 lbs sold uneven from 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower. 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 $290.56/cwt on 2,184 head.

Average price

$290.56

2,184 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$10.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	290.99	1,879	2,095
Medium and Large 1-2	580	280.46	1,628	89

One grade step is worth $10.53/cwt here — about $251 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 sale2,184 hd

290.56

—

NE average9 barns · 17,727 hd

277.30

+13.25

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

46 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	—	669	253.18/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,694	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	763	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,633	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	881	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,806	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	531	269.69/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,432	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	404	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,524	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	639	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,674	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,062	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,587	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,999	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	301.35/cwt	292.00–304.00	1,859	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	250.91/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,932	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	539	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,612	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	388	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,436	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	279.01/cwt	275.50–287.25	1,855	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	276.73/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,979	476
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	683	255.65/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,746	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,917	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	355.98/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,324	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	347.42/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,473	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,087	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,088	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,467	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,302	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,538	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	296.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,456	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,174	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	239.03/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,630	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	469	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,365	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,323	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	270.79/cwt	269.50–278.00	1,549	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	268.83/cwt	262.00–270.50	1,839	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	294.48/cwt	293.00–296.00	1,720	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	251.85/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,589	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,462	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	547	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,646	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	603	268.73/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,620	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	326.47/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,688	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	312.80/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,799	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	464	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,499	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	389	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,293	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	282.46/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,480	17

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 Feb 3, 2024

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

Receipts 4,146Last week 5,310Year ago 4,194

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	669	249.00–259.00	253.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	740	215.00	215.00
9	—	763	214.00	214.00
24	—	881	205.00	205.00
37	—	531	269.00–271.00	269.69
61	—	633	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	404	298.00	298.00
73	—	469	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	683	254.00–257.00	255.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	327	332.50	332.50
20	—	1,026	203.50	203.50
182	—	491	295.00–300.00	296.52
19	—	364	322.50	322.50
10	—	774	226.00	226.00
78	—	682	238.00–240.00	239.03
336	—	572	269.50–278.00	270.79
64	—	631	249.00–253.00	251.85
32	—	504	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	645	227.50	227.50
7	—	554	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	407	325.00	325.00
100	—	547	301.00	301.00
63	—	603	267.50–270.00	268.73
38	—	464	323.00	323.00
27	—	389	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	409	372.50	372.50
11	—	388	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	639	262.00	262.00
42	—	539	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	933	221.00	221.00
37	—	481	330.00	330.00
73	—	803	249.00	249.00
365	—	617	292.00–304.00	301.35
140	—	770	250.00–252.00	250.91
267	—	665	275.50–287.25	279.01
476	—	715	267.00–279.00	276.73
26	—	372	355.00–360.00	355.98
51	—	424	342.50–350.00	347.42
189	—	517	317.50–331.00	326.47
174	—	575	307.00–315.00	312.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	615	284.00	284.00
147	—	684	262.00–270.50	268.83
14	—	584	293.00–296.00	294.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	602	318.50	318.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	774	225.00	225.00
17	—	524	276.00–285.00	282.46

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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