Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.33/cwt on 707 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −158.16 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$345.33

707 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.49

vs NE average

+19.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	345.33	1,915	707

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 sale707 hd

345.33

—

NE average11 barns · 4,776 hd

347.82

−2.49

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+19.96

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−158.16

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	451.97/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,564	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	329.54/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,928	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	352.32/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,726	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,341	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	296.71/cwt	289.00–301.00	2,003	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,107	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,214	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	354.88/cwt	347.50–361.00	1,895	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	550–600	562	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,001	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	671	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	439	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,497	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	389	367.94/cwt	367.00–370.00	1,431	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	328	386.08/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,266	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	381	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,724	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	1,911	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	374.98/cwt	367.50–381.00	1,770	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,643	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	329.41/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,670	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	409.93/cwt	396.00–420.00	1,722	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	286.72/cwt	285.50–288.50	2,047	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	341	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,483	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	424.12/cwt	422.50–425.00	1,370	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	235.46/cwt	235.00–237.00	2,074	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,268	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	531	339.74/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,804	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	324.98/cwt	302.00–335.00	2,025	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	378.78/cwt	372.50–381.00	1,614	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	274.32/cwt	269.50–284.00	1,747	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.11/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,696	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	391.41/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,456	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	423.39/cwt	421.50–430.50	1,981	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	331.47/cwt	327.00–338.00	1,568	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,984	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	357.38/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,476	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	313.36/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,636	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,841	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	554	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,764	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	493	316.70/cwt	313.00–318.00	1,561	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,846	8

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 Dec 7, 2024

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

Receipts 3,483Last week 4,096Year ago 4,529

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	346	445.00–455.00	451.97
8	350–400	374	430.00	430.00
92	400–450	420	396.00–420.00	409.93
140	450–500	472	367.50–381.00	374.98
315	500–550	534	347.50–361.00	354.88
236	550–600	585	320.00–335.00	329.54
137	600–650	623	302.00–335.00	324.98
149	650–700	675	289.00–301.00	296.71
33	700–750	714	285.50–288.50	286.72
110	750–800	766	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	435.00	435.00
42	400–450	435	387.50	387.50
59	450–500	490	345.00–357.50	352.32
58	500–550	531	337.50–340.00	339.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	323	422.50–425.00	424.12
6	800–850	844	247.00	247.00
13	850–900	853	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
98	550–600	562	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	381	452.50	452.50
91	450–500	482	396.50	396.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	450–500	468	421.50–430.50	423.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	405.00	405.00
5	300–350	303	1,325.00	1,325.00
42	350–400	372	385.00–400.00	391.41
79	400–450	413	349.00–360.00	357.38
212	450–500	473	327.00–338.00	331.47
113	500–550	522	310.00–317.50	313.36
343	550–600	565	287.00–310.00	300.11
100	600–650	637	269.50–284.00	274.32
30	650–700	667	276.00	276.00
52	750–800	778	255.00	255.00
67	850–900	881	235.00–237.00	235.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	671	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	328	385.00–390.00	386.08
25	350–400	389	367.00–370.00	367.94
16	400–450	439	341.00	341.00
27	450–500	493	313.00–318.00	316.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
121	400–450	426	372.50–381.00	378.78
20	450–500	470	349.50	349.50
120	500–550	507	325.00–330.00	329.41
52	550–600	554	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	375.00	375.00
8	750–800	779	237.00	237.00

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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