Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of yearling feeders and bawling calves on offer, all of the bawling calves had received fall vaccinations. Steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for the bawling calves and yearling feeders also.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.54/cwt on 564 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −178.95 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$324.54

564 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$33.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.62

vs NE average

+25.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.96	1,800	540
Medium and Large 1-2	543	292.66	1,588	24

One grade step is worth $33.30/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale564 hd

324.54

—

NE average12 barns · 7,422 hd

309.92

+14.62

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+25.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−178.95

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

46 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	1050–1100	1,066	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,558	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	975	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,537	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,357	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,409	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	626	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,963	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	550–600	564	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,794	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	317.87/cwt	304.00–323.50	1,847	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	346.16/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,648	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	692	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	310.90/cwt	302.00–318.00	1,946	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	619	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	354.20/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,495	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	276.71/cwt	270.50–280.00	1,837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,914	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	291.10/cwt	277.00–296.50	1,554	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	315.72/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,313	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,471	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	266.85/cwt	261.50–270.00	1,412	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,470	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	368	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,279	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	371.79/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,428	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	738	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,875	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,933	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	330.51/cwt	317.00–341.00	1,768	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,003	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	321.47/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,228	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	500–550	512	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,464	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	298.28/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,584	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,340	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	260.45/cwt	252.50–266.00	1,591	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,383	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,084	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	885	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,246	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	848	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,145	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,188	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	305.34/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,466	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	283.53/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,627	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,184	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	550–600	597	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,704	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	357	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,223	5

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 3,475Last week 2,931Year ago 2,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	384	360.00–380.00	371.79
46	400–450	422	345.00–361.00	354.20
163	450–500	476	335.00–350.00	346.16
310	500–550	535	317.00–341.00	330.51
188	550–600	581	304.00–323.50	317.87
39	850–900	898	262.50	262.50
18	900–950	904	266.50	266.50
53	1050–1100	1,066	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	394	340.00	340.00
17	500–550	531	295.00–303.00	298.28
7	550–600	571	279.00	279.00
5	850–900	854	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	511	350.00	350.00
13	550–600	562	330.00	330.00
90	600–650	607	330.00	330.00
83	650–700	653	296.00	296.00
60	950–1000	975	260.25	260.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	564	318.00	318.00
181	600–650	626	313.50	313.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	692	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
250	600–650	626	302.00–318.00	310.90
21	650–700	664	270.50–280.00	276.71
10	700–750	709	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	619	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	347.50	347.50
42	350–400	382	320.00–327.50	321.47
57	400–450	416	300.00–328.00	315.72
202	450–500	480	293.00–313.00	305.34
183	500–550	534	277.00–296.50	291.10
262	550–600	574	270.00–286.00	283.53
33	900–950	935	234.00	234.00
39	950–1000	962	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	492	281.00	281.00
25	500–550	529	261.50–270.00	266.85
12	550–600	570	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	368	347.50	347.50
21	450–500	460	319.50	319.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	611	252.50–266.00	260.45
5	650–700	677	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	700–750	738	254.00	254.00
206	800–850	848	253.00	253.00
180	850–900	885	253.75	253.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	512	286.00	286.00
190	550–600	597	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	622	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	342.50	342.50

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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