Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned and bawling spring calves on offer, nearly all of which had received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steer calves 450-650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower and heifers calves 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.62/cwt on 823 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −185.87 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$317.62

823 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$44.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.99

vs NE average

+16.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	318.82	1,728	801
Medium and Large 1-2	573	274.27	1,572	22

One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $156 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 sale823 hd

317.62

—

NE average10 barns · 8,003 hd

311.63

+5.99

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+16.93

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−185.87

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,598	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,581	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	535	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	354	316.17/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,119	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	484	283.00/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,370	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	500–550	508	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,681	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	550–600	553	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	1,806	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	318.82/cwt	307.50–323.00	1,824	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	335.77/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,602	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	369.34/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,518	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	304.61/cwt	292.00–311.50	1,858	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	561	295.02/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,655	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	323.44/cwt	314.25–333.00	1,692	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	450–500	453	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,495	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	367.64/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,441	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	345.41/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,509	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,749	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,681	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	617	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,903	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	304	463.78/cwt	460.00–467.50	1,410	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,580	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	318.18/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,305	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	550–600	574	287.68/cwt	283.50–289.00	1,651	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,649	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,943	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	623	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	318.92/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,327	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	500–550	515	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,486	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	487	315.46/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,536	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	524	302.35/cwt	296.00–308.00	1,584	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	275.43/cwt	274.00–277.00	1,482	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	300.24/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,441	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,212	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	333.20/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,299	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	328	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	424	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,431	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	282.14/cwt	273.00–284.50	1,591	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,444	16

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	551	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	590	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	354	315.00–317.00	316.17
23	450–500	484	282.00–285.00	283.00
8	500–550	535	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	410.00	410.00
37	350–400	390	327.50–337.50	333.20
109	400–450	416	312.50–327.50	318.92
226	450–500	480	288.00–310.00	300.24
55	500–550	538	274.00–277.00	275.43
55	550–600	564	273.00–284.50	282.14
14	1000–1050	1,010	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
104	500–550	515	288.50	288.50
121	550–600	574	283.50–289.00	287.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	614	268.50	268.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	395.00	395.00
27	400–450	424	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	564	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	453	330.00	330.00
53	500–550	508	331.00	331.00
102	550–600	553	326.50	326.50
96	600–650	617	308.50	308.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	392	360.00–370.00	367.64
203	400–450	437	340.00–353.00	345.41
269	450–500	477	330.00–348.00	335.77
279	500–550	523	314.25–333.00	323.44
224	550–600	572	307.50–323.00	318.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	304	460.00–467.50	463.78
12	350–400	383	390.00	390.00
40	400–450	411	361.00–375.00	369.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
143	600–650	610	292.00–311.50	304.61
9	650–700	660	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	561	294.00–296.00	295.02
22	600–650	618	272.00	272.00
13	650–700	660	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	676	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	410	317.50–320.00	318.18
7	450–500	476	307.50	307.50
6	500–550	547	283.00	283.00
16	550–600	583	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
125	600–650	608	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	623	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	487	310.00–320.00	315.46
93	500–550	524	296.00–308.00	302.35

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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