Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 $253.29/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −195.87 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$253.29

31 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$15.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.05

vs NE average

+14.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	265.00	1,375	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	572	249.22	1,426	23

One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale31 hd

253.29

—

NE average6 barns · 303 hd

260.34

−7.05

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

+14.68

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

−195.87

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,595	$2,650	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,502	$2,550	7

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	263.93/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,782	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	957	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,077	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,329	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	255.72/cwt	252.50–259.00	1,836	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	776	245.07/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,902	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	810	238.62/cwt	238.50–239.50	1,933	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,460	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	261.77/cwt	261.00–264.00	2,047	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,182	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	867	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,998	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	208.83/cwt	204.00–212.00	2,130	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	248.70/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,840	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	861	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,269	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	227.91/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,969	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,303	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	849	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,097	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	238.80/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,648	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,683	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	213.82/cwt	209.25–220.00	2,074	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,375	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,048	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,038	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	242.56/cwt	237.50–246.50	1,899	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	225.32/cwt	224.50–226.50	2,089	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	226.00/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,815	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	869	236.07/cwt	235.50–236.50	2,051	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,502	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	7
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,595	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	6

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 Sep 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,164Last week 2,879Year ago 3,715

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	261.00	261.00
26	650–700	675	262.00–266.00	263.93
70	700–750	718	252.50–259.00	255.72
10	850–900	888	229.50	229.50
5	1000–1050	1,048	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	750–800	776	239.00–249.00	245.07
59	800–850	810	238.50–239.50	238.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	750–800	782	261.00–264.00	261.77
34	900–950	909	240.00	240.00
58	950–1000	977	235.75	235.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
376	850–900	861	263.50	263.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	850–900	867	230.50	230.50
113	950–1000	957	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	538	247.00	247.00
17	550–600	584	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	625	246.00	246.00
8	700–750	744	217.00	217.00
11	850–900	872	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	265.00	265.00
59	650–700	664	253.50	253.50
95	700–750	740	240.00–250.00	248.70
214	750–800	783	237.50–246.50	242.56
45	800–850	803	225.00–234.00	226.00
157	850–900	864	219.00–229.00	227.91
17	900–950	927	224.50–226.50	225.32
78	950–1000	970	209.25–220.00	213.82
81	1000–1050	1,020	204.00–212.00	208.83
5	1050–1100	1,056	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	800–850	849	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	650–700	690	238.00–242.00	238.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	850–900	869	235.50–236.50	236.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,502	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,595	2,650.00	2,650.00

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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