Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned and bawling spring calves with nearly all the calves having received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week all weights of steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet that participated in the active market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.82/cwt on 451 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −167.67 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$335.82

451 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.54

vs NE average

+26.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	335.82	1,903	451

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 sale451 hd

335.82

—

NE average10 barns · 3,134 hd

325.28

+10.54

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+26.56

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−167.67

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,009	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,164	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,147	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	345.55/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,320	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	312.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,487	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	344.92/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,462	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,934	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	471	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,766	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,805	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,806	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	307.70/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,920	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,707	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	296.43/cwt	291.00–301.50	2,081	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	315.00/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,909	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	350.69/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,855	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	291.41/cwt	282.00–293.25	1,987	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	472	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,822	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	622	325.76/cwt	324.00–326.25	2,026	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	325.22/cwt	321.00–330.25	1,919	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	360.15/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,678	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	390.77/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,684	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	230.30/cwt	230.00–230.50	2,004	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,828	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	522	311.92/cwt	308.25–312.75	1,628	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	279.88/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,690	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,810	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	396	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,647	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,570	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	290.83/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,573	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	275.07/cwt	271.00–275.50	1,736	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	299.14/cwt	296.50–305.00	1,711	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	276.56/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,480	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,240	11

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 Nov 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,252Last week 2,101Year ago 4,455

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	557	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,009	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	294	390.00	390.00
11	300–350	314	395.00	395.00
29	350–400	382	335.00–350.00	345.55
104	400–450	424	335.00–350.00	344.92
52	450–500	476	310.00–325.00	312.37
114	500–550	541	287.50–302.50	290.83
257	550–600	572	296.50–305.00	299.14
117	600–650	631	271.00–275.50	275.07
16	700–750	717	255.00	255.00
15	850–900	870	230.00–230.50	230.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	500–550	522	308.25–312.75	311.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	604	271.00–283.00	279.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	535	275.00–280.00	276.56
13	550–600	573	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	471	375.00	375.00
42	500–550	500	361.00	361.00
61	550–600	559	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	624	296.00–310.00	307.70
23	650–700	652	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	638	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	415.00	415.00
6	350–400	375	397.50	397.50
44	400–450	431	382.50–397.50	390.77
37	450–500	466	352.50–365.00	360.15
79	500–550	529	340.00–353.00	350.69
269	550–600	590	321.00–330.25	325.22
57	600–650	606	301.00–318.00	315.00
110	650–700	682	282.00–293.25	291.41
52	700–750	702	291.00–301.50	296.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	396	416.00	416.00
14	400–450	421	430.00	430.00
47	450–500	472	386.00	386.00
169	600–650	622	324.00–326.25	325.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	640	291.00	291.00

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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