Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.07/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −174.42 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$329.07

70 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$55.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.67

vs NE average

+16.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	338.60	1,868	58
Medium and Large 1-2	591	283.00	1,673	12thin

One grade step is worth $55.60/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $484.92, median $503.49 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

329.07

—

NE average6 barns · 1,132 hd

329.74

−0.67

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+16.07

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−174.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,363	$2,247	69
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,367	$1,857	34

Every lot, as filed

34 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	850–900	865	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	2,026	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,873	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	839	239.43/cwt	239.00–240.00	2,009	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	851	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,202	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	822	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,174	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	794	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,850	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,363	2,297.27/head	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,297	62
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,367	1,857.01/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,857	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	781	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,937	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	734	264.30/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,940	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	267.50/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,696	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,910	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	248.52/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,837	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	287.38/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,871	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,174	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	391	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,456	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	253.32/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,723	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	438	339.34/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,486	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	327.86/cwt	321.00–332.50	1,869	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	342.82/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,327	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,239	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	2,162	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,856	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,673	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	261.79/cwt	259.00–265.00	2,034	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	284.56/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,636	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,730	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	274.91/cwt	272.00–278.00	2,010	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,936	50

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 Mar 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,120Last week 3,597Year ago 3,496

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	700–750	719	260.50	260.50
285	800–850	839	239.00–240.00	239.43
80	850–900	865	234.25	234.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	750–800	794	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	350–400	387	340.00–349.00	342.82
43	550–600	575	281.00–286.00	284.56
83	600–650	634	265.00–272.00	267.50
99	650–700	680	249.00–257.50	253.32
134	700–750	739	244.00–251.00	248.52
52	800–850	835	228.75	228.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	438	337.50–340.00	339.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	800–850	822	264.50	264.50
70	850–900	851	258.75	258.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	734	262.00–265.00	264.30
9	750–800	781	248.00	248.00
74	900–950	940	231.25	231.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	474	365.00	365.00
38	550–600	570	321.00–332.50	327.86
50	600–650	639	303.00	303.00
29	650–700	651	286.00–288.00	287.38
164	700–750	731	272.00–278.00	274.91
218	750–800	777	259.00–265.00	261.79
118	850–900	889	243.25	243.25
90	900–950	933	240.00	240.00
12	950–1000	959	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	413	392.50	392.50
20	500–550	517	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	591	283.00	283.00
7	600–650	626	281.00	281.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,363	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,297.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	—	1,367	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,857.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,359	1,800.00	1,800.00

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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