Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 450-700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and internet activity was noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $266.66/cwt on 2,541 head.

Average price

$266.66

2,541 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	266.66	1,714	2,541

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,541 hd

266.66

—

NE average10 barns · 15,838 hd

261.91

+4.75

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

47 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	—	677	286.10/cwt	282.00–289.50	1,937	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	348	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	274.32/cwt	269.00–275.50	1,832	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	2,200	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	312.22/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,695	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	253.03/cwt	248.25–255.75	2,062	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,740	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	683	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,015	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	304.91/cwt	290.50–309.25	1,881	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	303.89/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,735	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	256.45/cwt	249.00–258.50	1,957	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,981	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	574	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,860	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	433	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,546	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	335.72/cwt	332.00–339.00	1,746	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	626	316.60/cwt	316.25–317.00	1,982	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	523	281.92/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,474	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,601	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	466	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,333	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	583	298.88/cwt	298.50–299.00	1,742	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,643	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	467	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	439	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,466	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	253.51/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,853	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	607	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,681	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	349.45/cwt	349.00–351.50	1,758	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	658	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,721	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	768	239.46/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,839	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,027	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	311.24/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,304	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	764	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,063	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	297.60/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,423	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	261.64/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,651	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	640	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,722	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,644	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,982	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	461	312.70/cwt	311.50–314.00	1,442	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	274.94/cwt	268.00–282.50	1,575	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	252.82/cwt	245.50–257.00	1,742	703
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,921	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	240.57/cwt	233.00–244.50	1,739	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	300.92/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,583	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,885	62

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 17, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	677	282.00–289.50	286.10
68	—	941	233.75	233.75
41	—	543	312.00–314.00	312.22
233	—	815	248.25–255.75	253.03
8	—	380	365.00	365.00
233	—	617	290.50–309.25	304.91
51	—	571	297.00–309.00	303.89
209	—	763	249.00–258.50	256.45
364	—	723	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	348	394.00	394.00
69	—	503	349.00–351.50	349.45
82	—	607	334.00	334.00
49	—	460	370.00	370.00
120	—	764	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	668	269.00–275.50	274.32
5	—	467	318.00	318.00
23	—	439	334.00	334.00
131	—	731	247.00–257.00	253.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	617	282.00	282.00
6	—	552	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	683	295.00	295.00
89	—	574	324.00	324.00
15	—	433	357.00	357.00
210	—	520	332.00–339.00	335.72
95	—	626	316.25–317.00	316.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	523	280.00–284.00	281.92
20	—	590	260.00	260.00
12	—	643	249.00	249.00
6	—	466	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
253	—	583	298.50–299.00	298.88
53	—	520	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	607	277.00	277.00
51	—	658	261.50	261.50
64	—	563	292.00	292.00
76	—	461	311.50–314.00	312.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	768	239.00–240.00	239.46
25	—	640	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	419	305.00–317.50	311.24
81	—	478	294.00–299.00	297.60
285	—	631	256.00–269.00	261.64
66	—	885	224.00	224.00
214	—	573	268.00–282.50	274.94
703	—	689	245.50–257.00	252.82
22	—	906	212.00	212.00
150	—	723	233.00–244.50	240.57
98	—	526	296.00–307.00	300.92
62	—	816	231.00	231.00

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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