Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of bawling spring calves and yearling feeders on offer with the bulk of the bawling calves having received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week flyweight steer and heifers calves sold steady to 8.00 higher and flat 600 lbs steer calves selling steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves 450-600 lbs and heifer calves 550-600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.11/cwt on 279 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −165.04 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$284.11

279 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$12.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.50

vs NE average

+25.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	284.82	1,547	263
Medium and Large 1-2	538	272.50	1,466	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale279 hd

284.11

—

NE average10 barns · 1,658 hd

275.61

+8.50

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

+25.72

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

−165.04

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 1-2Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,010	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	318.49/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,675	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	230.70/cwt	230.50–231.00	2,245	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,044	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	359.17/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,573	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,207	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,562	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	310.27/cwt	301.25–315.00	1,874	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,760	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	257.10/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,908	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	1,818	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	357	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,446	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	350.20/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,632	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,809	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	345.91/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,155	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	238.76/cwt	236.50–242.00	1,972	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	287.13/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,525	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	323.92/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,406	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,216	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	229.87/cwt	228.00–230.00	2,099	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	277.17/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,616	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	245.50/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,905	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	339.88/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,295	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	236.36/cwt	236.25–237.50	2,045	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,466	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,927	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,704	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,694	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,581	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	306.26/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,464	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,285	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	370.52/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,378	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,069	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	1,322.16/head	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,322	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	312.62/cwt	304.00–318.50	1,788	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	329.58/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,612	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	375.03/cwt	373.00–376.00	1,575	74

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	526	297.00	297.00
6	1000–1050	1,010	228.50	228.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	250–300	274	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,322.16
15	300–350	336	1,485.00	1,485.00
40	350–400	372	360.00–381.00	370.52
58	400–450	438	355.00–365.00	359.17
193	450–500	489	320.00–332.50	329.58
172	500–550	526	310.00–327.50	318.49
231	550–600	572	304.00–318.50	312.62
75	700–750	700	292.00	292.00
33	750–800	775	267.00	267.00
40	800–850	848	260.25	260.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	541	284.00	284.00
8	550–600	593	272.50	272.50
8	600–650	633	263.00	263.00
19	700–750	744	259.00	259.00
9	750–800	784	254.00	254.00
25	950–1000	973	230.50–231.00	230.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
101	600–650	604	301.25–315.00	310.27
20	650–700	651	279.25	279.25
27	700–750	742	253.00–258.00	257.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	685	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	357	405.00	405.00
74	400–450	420	373.00–376.00	375.03
139	450–500	466	345.00–352.50	350.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	615	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
19	250–300	269	1,275.00	1,275.00
18	300–350	322	1,350.00	1,350.00
17	300–350	334	340.00–350.00	345.91
96	350–400	381	337.50–347.50	339.88
189	400–450	434	317.50–332.50	323.92
157	450–500	478	295.00–315.00	306.26
202	500–550	531	282.50–297.50	287.13
61	550–600	583	267.00–284.00	277.17
23	700–750	715	253.00	253.00
105	750–800	776	244.00–246.00	245.50
245	800–850	826	236.50–242.00	238.76
77	850–900	865	236.25–237.50	236.36
187	900–950	913	228.00–230.00	229.87
5	1000–1050	1,001	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	317.50	317.50
16	500–550	538	272.50	272.50
9	600–650	623	254.50	254.50
10	650–700	678	246.00	246.00
9	700–750	724	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	670	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	300–350	333	386.00	386.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	463	307.50	307.50

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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