Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned and bawling spring calves along with yearling feeders on offer. Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers over 450 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in house and on the internet who participated in the active market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.03/cwt on 960 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −151.46 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$352.03

960 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$35.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.68

vs NE average

+28.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	353.76	1,979	913
Medium and Large 1-2	567	318.36	1,805	47

One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $174 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 sale960 hd

352.03

—

NE average3 barns · 1,870 hd

349.35

+2.68

National average38 barns · 6,986 hd

323.78

+28.25

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−151.46

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

59 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	700–750	711	307.71/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,188	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	367.63/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,735	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,145	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,804	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	365.84/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,935	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	403.56/cwt	395.00–422.50	1,751	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,201	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	2,373	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	333.40/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,084	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	706	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	361.19/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,947	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	339.33/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,104	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	316.09/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,840	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	396.36/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,906	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,041	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	271.66/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,997	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	428.58/cwt	427.50–430.00	1,526	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	339.24/cwt	330.00–344.25	1,981	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,146	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	306.73/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,623	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	312.81/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,517	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,958	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	566	288.68/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,634	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	676	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	350.48/cwt	341.00–357.50	1,440	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	276.38/cwt	272.00–279.50	1,772	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,933	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,681	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	365.47/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,363	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,780	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,199	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,924	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	332.04/cwt	332.00–332.50	1,554	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	321.82/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,561	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	303.54/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,727	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,790	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	317.51/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,619	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,584	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	294.98/cwt	292.50–298.00	2,000	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,393	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	631	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,234	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	356.85/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,055	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,201	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	301.00/cwt	297.00–307.50	1,755	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,927	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	365.44/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,389	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	611	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,879	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	266.58/cwt	265.00–269.00	2,133	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	532	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,796	18

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$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	430.00	430.00
7	400–450	442	392.50	392.50
48	450–500	471	383.00	383.00
115	500–550	539	355.00–362.50	361.19
9	550–600	571	337.50	337.50
356	600–650	625	322.50–340.00	333.40
155	650–700	692	318.00	318.00
142	700–750	711	300.00–311.00	307.71
71	750–800	750	286.00	286.00
121	900–950	905	262.25	262.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	380.00	380.00
66	450–500	472	362.50–372.50	367.63
18	500–550	532	337.50	337.50
14	600–650	611	307.50	307.50
85	650–700	678	292.50–298.00	294.98
43	800–850	800	265.00–269.00	266.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	529	327.50	327.50
35	550–600	582	315.00–318.00	316.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	356	427.50–430.00	428.58
30	400–450	434	395.00–422.50	403.56
76	450–500	481	380.00–399.00	396.36
263	500–550	529	350.00–372.00	365.84
293	550–600	584	330.00–344.25	339.24
145	600–650	620	322.50–347.50	339.33
20	650–700	650	314.00	314.00
26	700–750	735	271.00–272.00	271.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	322.50	322.50
5	600–650	601	292.50	292.50
5	700–750	706	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
215	550–600	576	352.50–360.00	356.85
80	600–650	631	354.00	354.00
84	650–700	655	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	363.00–370.00	365.47
24	400–450	411	341.00–357.50	350.48
76	450–500	468	332.00–332.50	332.04
62	500–550	522	322.00	322.00
40	550–600	569	300.00–306.00	303.54
85	600–650	641	272.00–279.50	276.38
62	650–700	663	268.50	268.50
13	700–750	713	256.00	256.00
75	750–800	784	246.50	246.50
69	850–900	894	240.00	240.00
8	900–950	948	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	485	310.00–315.00	312.81
17	500–550	529	305.00–310.00	306.73
83	550–600	566	287.00–290.00	288.68
8	800–850	826	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	676	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	282.50	282.50
6	800–850	826	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	650–700	650	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	380	360.00–368.00	365.44
7	400–450	408	355.00	355.00
101	450–500	485	319.00–329.00	321.82
218	500–550	510	311.00–323.00	317.51
227	550–600	583	297.00–307.50	301.00
17	650–700	678	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	322.50	322.50
9	550–600	576	275.00	275.00

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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