Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 400-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower and heifers 400-500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with heifers 500-600 lbs selling steady to 5.00 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 $356.03/cwt on 650 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −147.46 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$356.03

650 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$33.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

vs NE average

+23.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	358.24	1,966	607
Medium and Large 1-2	550	324.86	1,786	43

One grade step is worth $33.38/cwt here — about $179 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

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 sale650 hd

356.03

—

NE average5 barns · 1,542 hd

347.38

+8.65

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+23.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−147.46

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

46 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 1Fancy	650–700	660	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,927	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	731	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,058	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	445	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	576	289.58/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,668	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	263.39/cwt	259.50–264.75	1,939	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	334.23/cwt	324.00–342.50	1,604	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	421.12/cwt	412.50–429.00	1,638	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	401.50/cwt	401.50–401.50	1,899	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	289.17/cwt	284.50–292.75	2,227	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	296.35/cwt	289.00–300.00	2,152	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,552	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	331.44/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,786	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,202	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,922	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	400.35/cwt	395.00–401.00	1,782	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,888	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	364.99/cwt	362.00–371.00	1,934	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,906	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,017	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,539	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,385	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	441	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	322.37/cwt	305.00–332.00	2,050	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	568	363.11/cwt	359.00–365.50	2,062	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	340.87/cwt	336.75–347.75	2,083	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	792	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,059	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,093	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	350.04/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,873	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	559	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	293.86/cwt	278.00–299.00	1,825	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	364.51/cwt	353.00–369.00	1,520	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	383.83/cwt	376.00–390.00	1,819	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	300.01/cwt	296.00–303.00	2,076	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	321.23/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,703	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	710	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,169	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	312.07/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,816	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,361	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	927	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	486	365.05/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,774	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	278.41/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,899	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,211	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	384	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,517	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	365.86/cwt	361.00–377.50	1,390	16

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	650–700	660	292.00	292.00
25	700–750	731	281.50	281.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	576	286.00–294.00	289.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	334	407.50	407.50
16	350–400	380	361.00–377.50	365.86
137	400–450	417	353.00–369.00	364.51
262	450–500	480	324.00–342.50	334.23
166	500–550	530	310.00–326.00	321.23
262	550–600	582	308.00–316.00	312.07
129	600–650	621	278.00–299.00	293.86
299	650–700	682	273.00–282.00	278.41
282	700–750	736	259.50–264.75	263.39
7	750–800	751	257.00	257.00
13	800–850	800	250.00	250.00
12	900–950	923	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	384	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	342	450.00	450.00
40	350–400	389	412.50–429.00	421.12
73	400–450	445	395.00–401.00	400.35
144	450–500	474	376.00–390.00	383.83
202	500–550	530	362.00–371.00	364.99
62	550–600	562	336.00	336.00
435	600–650	636	305.00–332.00	322.37
146	650–700	692	296.00–303.00	300.01
141	700–750	726	289.00–300.00	296.35
217	750–800	770	284.50–292.75	289.17
74	800–850	808	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	473	401.50	401.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	402.50	402.50
9	350–400	393	395.00	395.00
34	500–550	539	330.00–337.50	331.44
9	550–600	591	300.00	300.00
11	700–750	724	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	375.00	375.00
59	450–500	486	362.00–370.00	365.05
110	500–550	535	347.00–355.00	350.04
6	550–600	559	327.00	327.00
11	600–650	645	295.50	295.50
17	650–700	693	291.00	291.00
15	700–750	737	284.00	284.00
12	750–800	792	260.00	260.00
6	900–950	927	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
227	550–600	568	359.00–365.50	363.11
333	600–650	611	336.75–347.75	340.87
80	700–750	710	305.50	305.50

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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