Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.00/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −179.49 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$324.00

23 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.37

vs NE average

+53.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	324.00	1,626	23

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

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 sale23 hd

324.00

—

NE average6 barns · 381 hd

306.63

+17.37

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+53.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−179.49

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

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,935	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,912	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	916	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,983	65
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	905	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,955	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	234.91/cwt	232.00–235.50	2,077	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	226.21/cwt	225.50–227.75	2,314	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	247.03/cwt	241.50–252.50	1,781	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	850–900	878	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,213	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,127	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	271.05/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,849	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	220.75/cwt	220.50–221.00	2,377	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	253.09/cwt	247.00–259.00	2,085	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	272.24/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,427	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	229.26/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,995	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	275.42/cwt	274.00–278.00	2,008	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,626	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	2,137	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	812	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,786	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,362	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	233.52/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,929	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	240.11/cwt	237.75–242.50	2,245	564
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	226.61/cwt	224.25–232.00	2,069	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	254.46/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,539	28

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 Aug 24, 2024

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

Receipts 2,879Last week 2,789Year ago 3,342

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	987	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	787	221.50	221.50
39	850–900	883	216.50	216.50
65	900–950	916	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	900–950	905	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	298.00	298.00
44	500–550	524	270.00–274.00	272.24
28	600–650	605	254.00–255.00	254.46
212	700–750	721	241.50–252.50	247.03
6	750–800	798	230.00	230.00
96	800–850	826	228.00–236.00	233.52
306	850–900	870	229.00–231.00	229.26
280	900–950	913	224.25–232.00	226.61
116	950–1000	986	216.75	216.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	812	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	502	324.00	324.00
9	600–650	630	275.00	275.00
19	650–700	682	270.00–274.00	271.05
85	700–750	729	274.00–278.00	275.42
151	800–850	824	247.00–259.00	253.09
93	850–900	884	232.00–235.50	234.91
564	900–950	935	237.75–242.50	240.11
318	1000–1050	1,023	225.50–227.75	226.21
201	1050–1100	1,077	220.50–221.00	220.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
24	850–900	878	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,030	206.50	206.50

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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