Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold uneven. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.76/cwt on 1,054 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −150.74 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$352.76

1,054 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.80

vs NE average

+10.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	352.76	1,944	1,054

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 sale1,054 hd

352.76

—

NE average10 barns · 7,227 hd

363.55

−10.80

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+10.31

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−150.74

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

56 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	700–750	712	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,097	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	425.71/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	293.05/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,145	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	372.53/cwt	362.00–379.00	1,892	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	284.63/cwt	282.00–284.75	2,092	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	265.10/cwt	264.75–265.25	2,320	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,146	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	343.30/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,620	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	766	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,091	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	346.31/cwt	342.00–351.00	1,860	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	741	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,382	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,720	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	409.18/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,285	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	262.76/cwt	258.50–265.00	1,979	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,578	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	804	272.10/cwt	268.50–273.50	2,188	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	412	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,586	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	344.42/cwt	341.00–346.00	1,763	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	413	352.40/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,455	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	376.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,555	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,466	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	305.93/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,765	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	298.16/cwt	294.00–303.00	1,866	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	291.21/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,835	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,883	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	325.05/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,703	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	280.48/cwt	277.00–282.00	1,868	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	279.05/cwt	276.00–280.25	1,752	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	274.22/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,961	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	346.77/cwt	339.00–351.00	1,994	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	321.27/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,908	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	617	342.78/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,115	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	590	330.83/cwt	329.00–333.00	1,952	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	367.21/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,634	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,776	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	419.29/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,585	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,700	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	283.53/cwt	279.00–284.75	2,169	596
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	823	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,173	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,715	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,947	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	592	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,726	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,824	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,739	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	278.39/cwt	275.50–282.50	2,313	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,496	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	380.53/cwt	375.00–382.00	1,762	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	325.10/cwt	318.00–332.00	2,058	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.16/cwt	300.50–313.00	2,064	497
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	325.33/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,630	73

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 Jan 18, 2025

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

Receipts 5,464Last week 0Year ago 1,927

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold uneven. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	362	420.00–430.00	425.71
71	700–750	712	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	314	405.00–415.00	409.18
16	400–450	413	375.00–380.00	376.51
28	450–500	472	337.50–352.50	343.30
85	500–550	524	316.00–334.00	325.05
204	550–600	577	299.00–315.00	305.93
210	600–650	630	286.00–293.00	291.21
97	650–700	666	277.00–282.00	280.48
266	700–750	715	269.00–280.00	274.22
82	750–800	753	258.50–265.00	262.76
115	800–850	801	253.50	253.50
18	850–900	894	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	626	294.00–303.00	298.16
65	700–750	741	321.50	321.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	412	385.00	385.00
18	450–500	468	367.50	367.50
75	500–550	512	341.00–346.00	344.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	413	350.00–355.00	352.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	375.00	375.00
73	500–550	501	320.00–327.50	325.33
16	600–650	637	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	716	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	309.00	309.00
37	550–600	592	291.50	291.50
52	600–650	628	276.00–280.25	279.05
12	650–700	672	271.50	271.50
41	700–750	736	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	442.50	442.50
19	350–400	393	432.50	432.50
11	400–450	428	392.50	392.50
33	450–500	463	375.00–382.00	380.53
391	500–550	508	362.00–379.00	372.53
454	550–600	575	339.00–351.00	346.77
206	600–650	633	318.00–332.00	325.10
497	650–700	674	300.50–313.00	306.16
105	700–750	732	290.00–298.00	293.05
596	750–800	765	279.00–284.75	283.53
111	800–850	831	275.50–282.50	278.39
172	850–900	875	264.75–265.25	265.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	482	370.00	370.00
28	500–550	537	342.00–351.00	346.31
5	550–600	580	318.00	318.00
15	650–700	695	290.00	290.00
144	700–750	735	282.00–284.75	284.63
11	750–800	766	273.00	273.00
37	800–850	804	268.50–273.50	272.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	378	417.50–422.50	419.29
39	450–500	459	387.00	387.00
12	500–550	500	343.00	343.00
99	550–600	594	319.00–322.00	321.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
280	600–650	617	341.00–346.00	342.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	590	329.00–333.00	330.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	445	360.00–370.00	367.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	800–850	823	264.00	264.00

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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