Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $332.48/cwt on 299 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −171.01 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$332.48

299 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$43.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.95

vs NE average

+21.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	340.57	1,860	244
Medium and Large 1-2	579	296.63	1,717	55

One grade step is worth $43.94/cwt here — about $143 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 sale299 hd

332.48

—

NE average7 barns · 1,379 hd

324.53

+7.95

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+21.72

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−171.01

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

50 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 1Fancy	500–550	513	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,831	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	590	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,000	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	477	384.02/cwt	377.00–385.50	1,832	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	955	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	726	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,699	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	773	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,774	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	249.70/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,710	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	622	294.13/cwt	291.50–297.00	1,829	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	284.83/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,547	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	333.51/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,557	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	671	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,879	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,234	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,498	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,858	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	228.14/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,882	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	263.02/cwt	261.25–263.75	1,715	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	330.19/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,443	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,395	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	335.41/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,697	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	310.91/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,744	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,862	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	291.65/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,636	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	316.17/cwt	311.25–319.50	1,929	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,166	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,164	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	280.32/cwt	280.00–280.50	2,091	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	254.76/cwt	251.00–256.10	2,107	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,342	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	547	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,472	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	295.78/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,381	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,692	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	338.20/cwt	327.50–341.00	1,640	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	234.14/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,644	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	296.63/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,717	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	236.72/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,865	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	570	264.30/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,507	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	271.66/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,788	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,407	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	272.94/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,583	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,013	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	644	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,700	7

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	450–500	477	377.00–385.50	384.02
92	500–550	513	357.00	357.00
81	550–600	590	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	467	330.00–335.00	333.51
74	600–650	622	291.50–297.00	294.13
31	650–700	671	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	342	392.50	392.50
18	350–400	360	387.50	387.50
44	400–450	419	357.50	357.50
21	500–550	506	332.50–340.00	335.41
27	550–600	561	310.00–313.00	310.91
55	600–650	610	311.25–319.50	316.17
189	700–750	746	280.00–280.50	280.32
254	800–850	827	251.00–256.10	254.76
101	850–900	869	249.00	249.00
59	900–950	910	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	369.00	369.00
6	500–550	547	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	355.00	355.00
24	450–500	485	327.50–341.00	338.20
17	500–550	544	311.00	311.00
9	600–650	642	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	337.50	337.50
55	550–600	579	294.00–301.00	296.63
49	650–700	658	269.00–273.00	271.66
33	750–800	788	234.00–239.00	236.72
36	850–900	885	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	644	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
87	500–550	543	280.00–287.00	284.83
85	650–700	685	249.00–253.00	249.70
17	700–750	726	234.00	234.00
74	750–800	773	229.50	229.50
11	950–1000	955	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	294	382.50	382.50
12	350–400	350	352.50	352.50
76	400–450	437	330.00–331.00	330.19
28	550–600	561	291.00–293.00	291.65
72	650–700	652	261.25–263.75	263.02
138	750–800	770	241.25	241.25
193	800–850	825	223.00–229.00	228.14
24	850–900	850	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	467	295.00–296.00	295.78
10	500–550	522	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	444	305.00	305.00
6	450–500	480	284.00	284.00
26	500–550	506	278.00	278.00
37	550–600	580	269.00–274.00	272.94
22	700–750	702	228.00–237.00	234.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	570	262.50–265.00	264.30

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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