Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, yearling steers sold 4.00 lower and yearling heifers sold uneven. Bawling steer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and steer calves over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Bawling heifer calves over 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Nearly all the bawling calves had received fall vaccinations. Demand was moderate to good from the crowd of buyers with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.93/cwt on 562 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −188.57 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$314.93

562 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.19

vs NE average

+15.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	314.93	1,757	562

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 sale562 hd

314.93

—

NE average10 barns · 6,797 hd

314.73

+0.19

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+15.60

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−188.57

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

48 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	950–1000	987	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,231	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	258.68/cwt	257.00–260.50	1,844	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,937	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	474	320.11/cwt	318.00–325.00	1,517	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	385	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,405	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	322	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,199	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	356.22/cwt	352.00–362.50	1,535	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,407	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	340.99/cwt	333.00–344.00	1,654	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	301.81/cwt	297.50–304.00	1,735	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,800	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	2,083	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	291.19/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,832	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,742	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	258.23/cwt	258.00–258.50	2,130	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,499	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,384	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	332.18/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,704	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	842	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,945	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	734	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	810	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,746	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	334.10/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,370	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,632	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	379	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,317	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,782	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	577	315.31/cwt	310.50–321.00	1,819	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	609	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,632	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,721	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	487	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,510	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	298.42/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,603	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	316.40/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,386	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	245.47/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,905	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	747	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,931	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	260.24/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,590	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	942	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	2,428	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	301.14/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,825	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,721	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	283.93/cwt	281.00–287.50	1,471	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	277.60/cwt	273.00–280.50	1,574	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,088	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,124	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,310	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,914	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	935	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,020	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	516	272.65/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,407	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	967	216.18/cwt	214.25–217.00	2,090	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	255.08/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,576	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	304.51/cwt	297.50–309.00	1,449	61

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 Oct 19, 2024

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

Receipts 2,931Last week 3,163Year ago 2,844

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	713	257.00–260.50	258.68
14	800–850	807	240.00	240.00
55	850–900	876	237.75	237.75
24	950–1000	987	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	372.50	372.50
14	350–400	385	365.00	365.00
58	450–500	474	318.00–325.00	320.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	363	387.50	387.50
34	400–450	431	352.00–362.50	356.22
157	450–500	485	333.00–344.00	340.99
42	500–550	513	325.00–336.00	332.18
104	550–600	575	297.50–304.00	301.81
9	650–700	657	274.00	274.00
60	800–850	825	258.00–258.50	258.23
48	950–1000	971	245.50	245.50
53	1050–1100	1,082	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	600–650	629	290.00–292.00	291.19
31	650–700	650	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	500–550	524	340.00	340.00
245	550–600	577	310.50–321.00	315.31
64	600–650	606	301.00–302.00	301.14
59	900–950	942	257.75	257.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	487	310.00	310.00
90	500–550	537	290.00–308.00	298.42
7	600–650	609	268.00	268.00
10	650–700	694	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	500–550	516	267.00–275.00	272.65
13	700–750	734	244.00	244.00
39	800–850	842	231.00	231.00
60	850–900	882	217.00	217.00
60	900–950	935	216.00	216.00
236	950–1000	967	214.25–217.00	216.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	810	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	347.50	347.50
30	400–450	410	330.00–339.00	334.10
20	550–600	559	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	388	337.50	337.50
57	400–450	438	310.00–323.00	316.40
61	450–500	476	297.50–309.00	304.51
90	500–550	518	281.00–287.50	283.93
115	550–600	567	273.00–280.50	277.60
62	600–650	642	268.00	268.00
60	750–800	776	239.00–247.00	245.47
153	800–850	847	246.50	246.50
17	850–900	898	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	700–750	747	258.50	258.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	611	257.00–270.00	260.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	618	247.00–257.00	255.08

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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