Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.52/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −167.97 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$335.52

391 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$38.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs NE average

+17.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	338.36	1,917	362
Medium and Large 1-2	553	300.11	1,658	29

One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale391 hd

335.52

—

NE average6 barns · 1,028 hd

332.59

+2.93

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+17.23

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−167.97

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,111	$2,400	47
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,160	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,367	$2,350	11

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1Fleshy	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	263.41/cwt	255.00–269.50	1,757	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,005	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,668	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,058	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,684	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	2,095	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	348.44/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,355	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	244.12/cwt	244.00–244.50	2,026	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	295.24/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,712	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	286.98/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,819	38
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,144	2,160.00/head	2,160.00–2,160.00	2,160	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,603	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,921	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	277.73/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,866	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	252.85/cwt	252.00–253.50	1,702	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,139	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	762	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	576	277.23/cwt	271.00–281.50	1,597	111
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	47
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,367	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,750	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	303.33/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,471	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	844	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	469	402.77/cwt	399.00–411.00	1,889	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	330.17/cwt	328.50–331.00	2,067	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	537	357.42/cwt	357.00–357.50	1,919	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,635	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	684	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	816	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,999	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	276.18/cwt	271.00–284.50	1,721	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,886	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	281.70/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,972	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	296.13/cwt	294.00–297.50	1,676	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	480	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,910	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	1,930	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	269.64/cwt	265.00–276.00	2,036	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	598	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,985	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,971	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,938	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	256.86/cwt	251.00–262.75	1,860	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	679	261.94/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,779	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	2,104	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	680	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,067	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	733	254.01/cwt	252.00–255.50	1,862	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	305.37/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,606	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	307.07/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,938	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	332.49/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,423	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	376.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,733	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	322.54/cwt	316.00–326.50	1,551	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	293.13/cwt	292.50–296.00	2,023	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	243.28/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,905	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	739	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,975	66

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 3,658Last week 2,120Year ago 3,334

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 126Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
17	450–500	470	341.00	341.00
25	500–550	523	322.00	322.00
14	550–600	575	306.00	306.00
38	600–650	634	281.00–292.00	286.98
45	650–700	672	276.00–278.00	277.73
66	700–750	739	267.25	267.25
5	750–800	762	253.00	253.00
73	800–850	830	244.00–244.50	244.12
28	850–900	874	235.50	235.50
60	900–950	925	231.25	231.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	460	370.00–385.00	376.67
13	500–550	504	331.00	331.00
47	550–600	591	326.50	326.50
34	600–650	631	305.00–312.00	307.07
76	650–700	690	292.50–296.00	293.13
40	700–750	700	280.00–284.00	281.70
272	750–800	755	265.00–276.00	269.64
63	800–850	826	254.75	254.75
48	850–900	863	242.75	242.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	469	399.00–411.00	402.77
117	500–550	537	357.00–357.50	357.42
279	600–650	626	328.50–331.00	330.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	305.00	305.00
16	550–600	566	294.00–297.50	296.13
10	650–700	672	264.00	264.00
20	700–750	734	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	684	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	480	398.00	398.00
107	550–600	598	332.00	332.00
91	650–700	680	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	584	337.50	337.50
19	600–650	602	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	389	347.50–350.00	348.44
37	400–450	428	330.00–337.50	332.49
27	450–500	481	316.00–326.50	322.54
57	500–550	526	300.00–307.00	305.37
35	550–600	580	292.00–297.00	295.24
103	600–650	623	271.00–284.50	276.18
99	650–700	667	255.00–269.50	263.41
325	700–750	724	251.00–262.75	256.86
283	750–800	783	237.00–247.50	243.28
137	800–850	814	236.00	236.00
86	850–900	887	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	485	297.00–306.00	303.33
111	550–600	576	271.00–281.50	277.23
50	650–700	673	252.00–253.50	252.85
28	700–750	723	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	679	259.00–267.00	261.94
92	700–750	733	252.00–255.50	254.01
82	800–850	816	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	462	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	844	219.00	219.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	—	1,144	2,160.00	2,160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,111	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,367	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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