Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $278.54/cwt on 2,288 head.

Average price

$278.54

2,288 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.61

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	728	278.54	2,028	2,288

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 sale2,288 hd

278.54

—

NE average7 barns · 13,861 hd

279.15

−0.61

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

41 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	—	408	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,479	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	701	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,795	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	721	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	269.48/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,528	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	280.61/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,636	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	540	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,841	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	810	257.96/cwt	257.00–259.00	2,089	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	732	279.90/cwt	279.25–280.50	2,049	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	676	293.80/cwt	290.25–297.50	1,986	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	230.18/cwt	230.10–230.50	2,242	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,603	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	332.75/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,873	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	327.86/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,731	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	268.54/cwt	261.00–274.75	1,963	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,143	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	611	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,900	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	293.77/cwt	290.00–296.50	1,824	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	369.05/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,594	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	234.56/cwt	234.25–236.00	2,010	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	278.06/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,866	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	423	337.15/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,426	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	250.96/cwt	241.50–254.00	2,055	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,870	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	413	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,631	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	702	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,050	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	277.99/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,774	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	306.40/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,480	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	522	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,618	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	604	279.18/cwt	279.00–279.50	1,686	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	265.76/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,669	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	341	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,202	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	245.01/cwt	236.00–248.00	1,732	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	263.95/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,755	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	251.76/cwt	248.50–256.00	1,714	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	527	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,481	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	232.09/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,810	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,880	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	293.81/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,490	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,815	79

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 4,536Last week 5,160Year ago 3,003

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	408	362.50	362.50
93	—	701	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	232.00	232.00
28	—	567	267.00–270.00	269.48
11	—	527	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	823	220.00	220.00
314	—	583	274.00–285.00	280.61
129	—	483	304.00–315.00	306.40
304	—	628	258.00–271.00	265.76
130	—	707	236.00–248.00	245.01
134	—	681	248.50–256.00	251.76
310	—	780	230.00–235.00	232.09
14	—	895	210.00	210.00
37	—	507	286.00–299.00	293.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	423	335.00–345.00	337.15
19	—	522	310.00	310.00
263	—	604	279.00–279.50	279.18
8	—	341	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	665	263.00–265.00	263.95
79	—	729	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	540	341.00	341.00
135	—	810	257.00–259.00	257.96
161	—	732	279.25–280.50	279.90
257	—	676	290.25–297.50	293.80
21	—	611	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	974	230.10–230.50	230.18
12	—	454	353.00	353.00
106	—	563	329.00–335.00	332.75
128	—	528	321.00–334.00	327.86
196	—	731	261.00–274.75	268.54
51	—	909	235.75	235.75
50	—	621	290.00–296.50	293.77
56	—	432	365.00–370.00	369.05
321	—	857	234.25–236.00	234.56
113	—	671	274.00–285.00	278.06
305	—	819	241.50–254.00	250.96
7	—	389	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	511	366.00	366.00
33	—	413	395.00	395.00
68	—	702	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	638	277.00–280.00	277.99

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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