Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.25/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −146.90 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$302.25

114 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.69

vs NE average

+36.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	302.25	1,718	114

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.03, low $426.75, median $449.16 across 17 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 sale114 hd

302.25

—

NE average5 barns · 350 hd

295.56

+6.69

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

+36.88

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

−146.90

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,144	$3,000	14

Every lot, as filed

33 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	700–750	734	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,982	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	233.13/cwt	231.00–234.50	2,112	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	239.49/cwt	236.25–241.50	1,985	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	224.24/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,940	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	569	290.50/cwt	289.00–291.50	1,653	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	784	257.50/cwt	256.00–262.00	2,019	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,876	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	262.46/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,882	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,947	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,031	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	295.15/cwt	294.50–300.00	1,744	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	266.20/cwt	261.00–267.50	1,845	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,049	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,688	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,014	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,261	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,020	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	316.98/cwt	314.00–319.50	1,718	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,144	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,095	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,037	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,144	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	828	250.26/cwt	246.75–252.00	2,072	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	707	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,121	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	762	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,015	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,132	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	280.83/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,769	43

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 Jun 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,894Last week 2,524Year ago 1,440

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 125Year ago 104

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	620	302.50	302.50
19	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
14	700–750	734	270.00	270.00
31	750–800	784	256.00–262.00	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	325.00	325.00
12	600–650	627	310.50	310.50
13	650–700	669	302.00	302.00
49	750–800	764	279.00	279.00
10	850–900	868	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	623	326.00	326.00
65	700–750	707	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	549	307.50	307.50
6	650–700	672	268.00	268.00
29	850–900	867	235.00	235.00
7	900–950	909	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,014	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	333.00	333.00
42	500–550	542	314.00–319.50	316.98
49	550–600	591	294.50–300.00	295.15
43	600–650	630	280.00–284.00	280.83
70	650–700	693	261.00–267.50	266.20
277	700–750	717	255.00–267.00	262.46
188	800–850	829	236.25–241.50	239.49
8	850–900	889	230.50	230.50
295	900–950	906	231.00–234.50	233.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	569	289.00–291.50	290.50
12	700–750	745	246.50	246.50
11	850–900	865	222.00–227.00	224.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	611	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	750–800	762	264.50	264.50
211	800–850	828	246.75–252.00	250.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	569	303.00	303.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,144	3,000.00	3,000.00

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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