Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, 400 to 500 lbs steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 650 lbs sold 10.00 higher, with instances of sharply higher market on weights over 650 lbs. Heifers less than 500 lbs and over 600 lbs sold steady with all other weights trading 10.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet buying trying to fill orders before the end of the year. Bulk of the sale was long time weaned calves with a few bawlers in the mix. Next sale will be January 4, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.24/cwt on 712 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −142.25 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$361.24

712 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$48.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.14

vs NE average

+34.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	364.95	2,011	658
Medium and Large 1-2	554	316.12	1,751	54

One grade step is worth $48.83/cwt here — about $259 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 sale712 hd

361.24

—

NE average9 barns · 3,678 hd

353.10

+8.14

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+34.61

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−142.25

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

43 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 1	500–550	528	325.15/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,717	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	318.22/cwt	287.00–326.00	1,792	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	256.99/cwt	255.50–259.00	1,850	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	283.46/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,891	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	428.03/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,451	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	1,268.48/head	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,697	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	319	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,372	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	285.58/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,988	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	432.23/cwt	422.00–435.00	1,638	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	303.79/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,759	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	274.01/cwt	271.00–284.00	2,036	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	367.37/cwt	346.00–376.00	1,947	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,670	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	335.51/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,228	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	338.38/cwt	326.00–359.00	2,111	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	362.85/cwt	344.00–371.00	2,065	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	340.01/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,683	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	414.07/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,727	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	291.61/cwt	291.00–298.00	1,852	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	328.44/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,737	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	377.34/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,747	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,265	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,214	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	655	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,880	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	662	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,277	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	361.33/cwt	360.00–363.00	2,226	196
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	255.10/cwt	255.10–255.10	2,640	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	329.93/cwt	327.00–337.50	1,415	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,082	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,404	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	289.55/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,569	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	258.58/cwt	258.00–266.50	1,603	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	296	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	372.43/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,445	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	604	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,927	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	274.48/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,737	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	346.97/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,478	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	326.72/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,575	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,023	7

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	339	425.00–430.00	428.03
7	300–350	324	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,268.48
39	350–400	388	370.00–375.00	372.43
79	400–450	426	337.50–360.00	346.97
175	450–500	482	312.50–340.00	326.72
184	500–550	528	300.00–329.00	325.15
281	550–600	563	287.00–326.00	318.22
48	600–650	633	271.00–277.00	274.48
85	650–700	667	270.00–291.00	283.46
37	700–750	720	255.50–259.00	256.99
7	800–850	841	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
85	600–650	604	319.00	319.00
94	650–700	655	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	429	327.00–337.50	329.93
24	500–550	542	289.00–290.00	289.55
86	600–650	620	258.00–266.50	258.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	296	1,050.00	1,050.00
19	400–450	401	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
8	350–400	390	406.00	406.00
19	400–450	438	387.50	387.50
28	450–500	495	330.00–350.00	340.01
27	500–550	529	316.00–340.00	328.44
27	550–600	579	300.00–308.00	303.79
66	600–650	635	291.00–298.00	291.61
82	650–700	696	280.00–288.00	285.58
34	700–750	743	271.00–284.00	274.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	319	430.00	430.00
47	400–450	415	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	379	422.00–435.00	432.23
60	400–450	417	407.50–420.00	414.07
111	450–500	463	366.00–385.00	377.34
305	500–550	530	346.00–376.00	367.37
353	550–600	569	344.00–371.00	362.85
226	600–650	624	326.00–359.00	338.38
130	650–700	664	321.00–339.00	335.51
51	700–750	712	311.00	311.00
22	750–800	757	275.00	275.00
30	800–850	839	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
196	600–650	616	360.00–363.00	361.33
126	650–700	662	344.00	344.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,035	255.10	255.10

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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